Texas in Poetry can be read straight through as a commentary on
life in the Lone Star State. Or it can be read a poem or author at
a time. But if read straight through from "I'll Take Texas" to "No
Quittin' Sense" the whole Texas experience as seen by more than a
hundred poets cannot fail to make an impact on the reader.
Editor Billy Bob Hill includes such poets as Mirabeau B. Lamar,
a Texas president and poetaster from the days of the Republic;
Berta Harte Nance, author of the centennial poem that begins "Other
states were carved or born/But Texas grew from hide and
horn"--lines that furnished at least one book title and occasioned
a number of parodies. And, of course, one poem about Texas that is
magnificent in its awfulness, "Laska, " with memorable lines like
"Scratches don't count/In Texas down by the Rio Grande."
But most of the poems in this large, handsome volume are much
superior to the representative early poems included. All the
well-known poets in the state are included -- riters like Walter
McDonald, Betsy Colquitt, and Vassar Miller -- as well as newer
writers. Nor has the editor failed to offer a generous sampling of
the state's best minority voices -- Carmen Tafolla, Rolando
Hinojosa, Lorenzo Thomas, Jas. Mardis, Ray Gonzalez, and Teresa
Paloma Acosta.
The volume is divided into sections with titles suggested by
well-known books by Texas authors. Some of the sections are "I'll
Take Texas" (from Mary Lasswell's book); "Faces of Blood Kindred"
(William Goyen's original title); "This Stubborn Soil" (from the
first volume of William A. Owens's autobiography); and, from A. C.
Greene's memoir about West Texas, "A Personal Country."
Texas in Poetry is a revised andupdated edition of Hill's
popular and definitive Texas in Poetry: A 150-Year Anthology. In
this volume, as in the previous edition, Hill presents a selection
of representative Texas poems from the early days of the colony to
the beginning of the twenty-first century. Included in the volume
are some bad but famous old-time poems, but most of the selections
compare favorably with the best poetry being written today.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
