The Heart of American Poetry
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- Synopsis
- An acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American traditionWe live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what&’s best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal readings of forty essential American poems we thought we knew—from Anne Bradstreet&’s &“The Author to Her Book&” and Phillis Wheatley&’s &“To S.M. a Young African Painter, on seeing his Works&” to Garrett Hongo&’s &“Ancestral Graves, Kahuku&” and Joy Harjo&’s &“Rabbit Is Up to Tricks&”—exploring how these poems have sustained his own life and how they might uplift our diverse but divided nation. &“This is a personal book about American poetry,&” writes Hirsch, &“but I hope it is more than a personal selection. I have chosen forty poems from our extensive archive and songbook that have been meaningful to me,part of my affective life, my critical consideration, but I have also tried to be cognizant of the changing playbook in American poetry, which is not fixed but fluctuating, ever in flow, to pay attention to the wider consideration, the appreciable reach of our literature. This is a book of encounters and realizations.&”
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781598537277
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781598537260
- Publisher:
- Library of America
- Date of Addition:
- 04/19/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Edward Hirsch.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.