Simple Eyes and Other Poems - Brossura

McClure, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0811212653 ISBN 13: 9780811212656

Casa editrice: New Directions, 1995

Riassunto

A direct poetic look at the world features one individual's disquieting and illuminating observations and includes in the title poem reflections on the Persian Gulf War, as well as wars of the spirit, mind, and environment. Original.

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The running theme in Michael McClure's "Simple Eyes & Other Poems" is: looking at the world directly. The results are often as disquieting as they are illuminating. In the long title poem, the stanzas on the Persian Gulf War bloom out of images of all wars the poet has known -- "the spiritual wars, the napalm and cordite and nuclear wars, and the war against nature" -- and become a kind of spiritual autobiography. At the heart of the poetry is McClure's return to the ancient concept of agnosia, the idea of knowing through unknowing, as a way of living in desparate times in which deep human or humane feelings have become almost outlaw.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: New Directions
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0811212653
• ISBN 13: 9780811212656
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 134