The Freeing of the Dust (New Directions Books) - Softcover

Levertov, Denise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811205827 ISBN 13: 9780811205825

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1975

Synopsis

Sixty poems reflect the contemporary writer's personal sentiments on the tragedy of war, the need to be free, and the meaning of family relationships and friendships.

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From the Back Cover:

In the sixty poems that comprise The Freeing of the Dust, Denise Levertov continued to explore the personal and public themes that threaded through her work during the disastrous American involvement in Indochina. Relations with family and close friends are depicted with unique poignancy as she pits the at times terrifying concrete image against her vision of the ideal. Here we have poems that speak out of the direct tragedy of war, the result of Ms. Levertov's visit to North Vietnam in the fall of 1972, while others reflect the anguish and the exultation of what she has called the 'inner/outer experience in America during the '60's and the beginning of the '70's.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0811205827
• ISBN 13: 9780811205825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114