Books : Gluck Descending Figure (The American poetry series)
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by: Louise Gluck
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780912946719
ISBN: 0912946717
Label: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: April 04, 1980
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Sales Rank: 2167479
Studio: W W Norton & Co Ltd
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Rating: - It "Descends" Elegantly
Another early but confident;sorrowful but deep collection from the master poetess of this planet.
Rating: - An Exploration of the Eden Motif
This is a beautiful, well-crafted work of poetry only Louise Gluck could have written. Though this is only her third collection of poems, "Descending Figure" possesses as much---if not more---power as any other book she has published. The most provocative poems are: "Descending Figure," which includes a brilliant section concerning a child dying in his mother's arms; "The Garden;" and "Lamentations." The poems of this book provide only meager hints of Gluck's forthcoming genius through examining ... Read More
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