Named for the ancient landform that preceded present-day
California, Brenda Hillman's Cascadia creates from geological
turbulence a fluid poetics of place. The book is Hillman's sixth
collection and her most wide-ranging. The problem the book poses is
nothing less than a phenomenology of transformation. In her
previous work, Hillman's investigations of alchemy and of
contemporary life have created their own distinct mythologies, and
here she turns to the first of the four basic elements, earth, to
demonstrate a visionary science with a combination of lightness,
wit and force.
Embodied in syntax as unpredictable as the earth's movements, these
poetic forms speak to and query the landforms as the line between
faith and science blurs. Short lyrics inspired by the California
missions, each with a retablo of punctuation, reflect on the
solitude and history of the sign as it moves through the quotidian.
Set among these lyrics, each of the three long poems in the book
presents an aspect of Hillman's topography. By the end of this
powerful work, a new state is visible: a Modernist poetics,
subjected to immense internal pressures, above and beneath
unsettled ground, has emerged in original shapes
General
Imprint: |
Wesleyan University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2001 |
First published: |
October 2001 |
Authors: |
Brenda Hillman
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
88 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8195-6492-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8195-6492-3 |
Barcode: |
9780819564924 |
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