Good Hope Road

By Stuart Dischell

Book Overview

Good Hope Road is one of those rare books of verse that combine lyricism with the momentum of narrative, a concern for dailiness with a willingness to embrace wildness. Like Joyce's Dubliners, the twelve poems of the opening sequence, "Apartments," reflect a wide panorama of contemporary urban consciousness. Dischell's subjects are wronged lovers, thwarted citizens, an idealistic veteran, bickering relations--all with their entangled, fractious alliances. In "Household Gods," the book's second section, Dischell presents dramatic monologues whose scenes are the shore, the city, and the countryside. Here are homages and elegies; poems of childhood, betrayal, and loss. Observant and compassionate, this edition of Good Hope Road reintroduces the work of a striking and powerful writer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887486126
• ISBN13: 9780887486128
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

not just good, great.

Stuart Dischell is a great poet. His imagery and point of view is unique, bringing a sense of life to the everyday landscape. He is a talented wordsmith with readable poetry that has a humorous edge laced with a sense of melancholy at times. He achieves a great balance making the mundane beautiful. A great read!