Eight Longer Poems

by David R. Slavitt

In this volume David R. Slavitt brings together eight poems that deal largely with the mind's relation to history--personal history, and the history of myth and of empires. In addressing these two seemingly independent modes of thinking and remembering, Slavitt reveals that they are in fact closely related, and that they are both part of our poetic consciousness.

"Gesualdo" is a historical poem concerning suffering, desire, and art. In, "Cleaning,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807115983
• ISBN13: 9780807115985
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 9.1"