Bibliograph

Oblivion banjo, the poetry of Charles Wright, Charles Wright

Type

Label

Oblivion banjo, the poetry of Charles Wright, Charles Wright

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-736) and index of titles and first lines

Index

index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Oblivion banjo

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1086409476

Responsibility statement

Charles Wright

Sub title

the poetry of Charles Wright

Summary

"Over the course of his work--more than twenty books in total--Charles Wright has built "one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century" (David Young, Contemporary Poets). Oblivion Banjo, a capacious new selection spanning his decades-long career, showcases the central themes of Wright's poetry: "language, landscape, and the idea of God." No matter the precise subject of each poem, on display here is a vast and rich interior life, a mind wrestling with the tenuous relationship between the ways we describe the world and its reality. The recipient of almost every honor in poetry--the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize, to name a few--and a former poet laureate of the United States, Wright is an essential voice in American letters. Oblivion Banjo is the perfect distillation of his inimitable career--for devout fans and newcomers alike."--, Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

from Hard Freight (1973) -- from Bloodlines (1975) -- from China Trace (1977) -- from The Southern Cross (1981) -- from The Other Side of the River (1984) -- from Zone Journals (1988) -- from Xionia (1990) -- from Chickamauga (1995) -- from Black Zodia (1997) -- from Appalachia (1998) -- from North American Bear (1999) -- from A Short History of the Shadow (2002) -- from Buffalo Yoga (2004) -- from Scar Tissue (2006) -- Littlefoot (2007) -- from Sestets (2009) -- from Caribous (2014)

Target audience

adult

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