Meteoric Flowers

by Elizabeth Willis

Book Overview

A bold poetic intervention into the pastoral tradition.

Elizabeth Willis's new collection is a stunning collision of the pastoral tradition with the politics of the post-industrial age. These poems are allusive and tough. While they celebrate the pleasures of the natural world--mutability, desire, and the flowering of things--they are compounded by a critical awareness of contemporary culture. As we traverse their associative leaps,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081956849X
• ISBN13: 9780819568496
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 7.9"