Update on the Descent

von Ellen Hinsey

104 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Update on the Descent, Ellen Hinsey draws on personal experience and family tragedy to forge a masterful meditation on the extremes of the human condition. A poet who situates herself in a landscape steeped in the tragic history and artistic splendor of Europe, Hinsey suffuses her work with the urgency of historical memory. Alternating lyrics, aphorism, anti-lyrics, and philosophical notebooks, she explores the nature of terror, war, tyranny, and violence as well as reconciliation and renewal of the human spirit. Called by Carolyn Forche, "A true poet, whose sense of line, cadence, and tonality is unsurpassed among poets of her generation," Hinsey brilliantly contributes to the tradition of poetry as a witness to history.

• Reihe: University of Notre Dame Press
• ISBN: 9780268031084
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2009
• Größe: 231 x 156 mm
• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press