The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, and Culture Contributor(s): Glaysher, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0967042186 ISBN-13: 9780967042183 Publisher: Earthrise Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 Annotation: A poet now whose work and dedication to a demanding and difficult art I admire; a man who has the gift of inner grace.--Robert Hayden. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Collections | Lgbt |
Dewey: 801.95 |
LCCN: 2007928394 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.44 lbs) 342 pages |
Features: Dust Cover |
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Publisher Description: From New Preface (April 4, 2015): "All the essays in The Grove of the Eumenides were written after 1982 when I wrote my first draft of a plot outline for my epic poem The Parliament of Poets. These essays constitute and record mybackground study, as it were, over a period of more than twenty years, leading up to their publication in 2007..." Twenty years in the making, in The Grove of the Eumenides, Frederick Glaysher invokes a global vision beyond the prevailing postmodern conceptions of life and literature that have become firmly entrenched in contemporary world culture. Clearly the work of a poet-critic attempting to embrace a larger portion of human experience than the personal postmodern self, The Grove of the Eumenides reaches toward an epic vision of the twenty-first century. All the muck and glory of American and international experience and history mix in the complex tension of a mind struggling with itself and its Age. Acutely perceptive of the spiritual and moral nuances of literature, criticism, and culture, Glaysher confronts the loss of religious faith in the modern world and breaks through to a vision of the unity of the human longing for transcendence. |
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