Evocative poems and prose fragments about home, selected by one of
the most celebrated poets of our time "This is a book of longing,
yes, and also spiritual discernment, political awareness,
historical memory, and deep intimacy."-Carolyn Forche In this
poignant collection, Christian Wiman draws together one hundred
evocative poems and prose fragments about home, exploring home's
deep theological, literary, philosophical, historical, political,
and social dimensions. Wiman calls home "a house, a country, a
language, a love, a longing, a grief, a god." It's "a word that
disperses into more definitions than one book can contain." The
tensions between diffusion and concentration, roaming and
rootedness, precarity and security are everywhere in this book,
often in the same poem. Ranging from early modernism to the current
moment, and from southern Africa to the Arctic Circle, the
selections are as diverse as the poets included. Collectively they
envision an imaginative home for even the most homeless of modern
readers. Completed entirely during quarantine, amid the miseries of
separation and isolation, the collection offers a powerful vision
of home as both a place and a way.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2022 |
| Editors: |
Christian Wiman
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-25345-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-300-25345-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780300253450 |
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