Oblivion banjo : the poetry of Charles Wright / Charles Wright.
| Author/creator |
Wright, Charles, 1935- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2019 |
| Description | 754 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Poems. Selections |
| 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) |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-736) and index of titles and first lines. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| LCCN | 2018060810 |
| ISBN | 9780374251017 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0374251010 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3573 .R52 A6 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |