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The poems in this volume blend the classical rigor and disciplined thought of scholarly work with the unpredictable turns and loops of postmodern life, setting Thucydides and Virginia Woolf in conversation, for instance, or putting Catullus in the driver's seat of a Red Cross ambulance.
| Size | | Length: | 166 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"It's hard to say what really interests Carson, largely because so much does....Certainly there are weaknesses in the book, though to me its grab-bag character isn't one of them....[T]here's good reason that Carson's reputation has soared to a level equal to that of the half-dozen most admired contemporary American poets. She's tremendously gifted and, without lowering standards, often writes in a middle range between philosophy and lyricism, where many can find her."
Bedient
"It's hard to imagine a better book will be published this year."
Whited
"Moving, exhilarating, amusing, infuriating, but constantly inspiring, Carson's collection asks two age-old questions--where else can poetry go and what more can literary or classical scholarship have to say to us?--and answers them both with aplomb."
Times Literary Supplement - Josephine Balmer (05/25/2001)
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