The Eagle's Mile (Wesleyan Poetry Series) - Softcover

Dickey, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819511870 ISBN 13: 9780819511874

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1990

Synopsis

A book of new poems by a major writer is an event. A book of new poems that marks a different, more powerful approach is cause for celebration. "What I looked for here," James Dickey tells us about The Eagle's Mile, "was a flicker of light ‘from another direction,' and when I caught it –; or thought I did –; I followed where it went, for better or worse." In this new work, Dickey edges away from the narrative-based poems of his previous books and gives instead more primacy to the language in which he writes. His poetry gains flexibility, and his poetic power becomes even surer and more clearly expressed. "I have experimented," Dickey writes, "and look forward to experimenting more."

About this title

From the Publisher:

7 x 9 trim. LC 89-49257

From the Back Cover:

James Dickey is the high flier of contemporary American poets. In this book he is flying higher than ever, so high the earth is reduced to its elements, its essential radiance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0819511870
• ISBN 13: 9780819511874
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 76