| Red Strawberry Leaf: Selected Poems, 1994-2001 Contributor(s): Peck, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226652955 ISBN-13: 9780226652955 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $15.84 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: The poems in "Red Strawberry Leaf "speak in a voice unique in American letters, moving effortlessly beyond arbitrary city limits and national borders, transcending trends, continents, and eras to connect individual states of mind to the whole of Western culture. Written over seven years, "Red Strawberry Leaf "meditates on the spirit's engagement with the world in an allusive, personal style, in which neither the personal nor the tribal holds pride of place. Scattered touches of apocalypse and dark collective inventories serve only to highlight moments of burnished, lyric brilliance. These challenging poems will reward readers many times over. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2004016394 |
| Series: Phoenix Poets (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.1" W x 8.5" (0.49 lbs) 137 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The poems in Red Strawberry Leaf speak in a voice unique in American letters, moving effortlessly beyond arbitrary city limits and national borders, transcending trends, continents, and eras to connect individual states of mind to the whole of Western culture. Written over seven years, Red Strawberry Leaf meditates on the spirit's engagement with the world in an allusive, personal style, in which neither the personal nor the tribal holds pride of place. Scattered touches of apocalypse and dark collective inventories serve only to highlight moments of burnished, lyric brilliance. These challenging poems will reward readers many times over. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peck, John: - John Peck is a freelance editor and translator and a practicing Jungian analyst. He is the author of eight books of poems, most recently of "Red Strawberry Leaf: Selected Poems, 1994 2001", published in the Phoenix Poets series by the University of Chicago Press, and a cotranslator of C. G. Jung s "The Red Book". |