Fortress

by Brenda Hillman

Book Overview

In the title poem "Fortress", the medieval walled castle is the stronghold in which the family dwells. There are stories here of people in the "fortresses" of the self, the city, or the natural world. All these poems have in common a lyrical approach to solitude ("the only protection / against death/ was to love solitude") and an ironical vision for which love of beauty and the longing for the world are the cure. Hillman combines the imagistic with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819511684
• ISBN13: 9780819511683
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.0"