The Known World (Wesleyan Poetry Series) - Softcover

Bogen, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819522376 ISBN 13: 9780819522375

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Turning bare description into a luxuriance, The Known World looks at the complex relationship of past and present, creating energetic juxtaposition between different historic periods to envision life at the end of our own century. Don Bogen calls the work an archeology, and uses details f life in past eras as a way of penetrating the surfaces of history. In his account, everything known is both encumbered with and defined by the past. Short poems in this collection cohere around the long title poem, which explores the nineteenth century through more than thirty sections in different voices and styles, including lists, mock letters, brief narratives, and lyric passages. The result is lively and illuminating.

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5 1/2 x 8 1/2 trim. LC 96-38589

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Turning bare description into a luxuriance, The Known World looks at the complex relationship of past and present, creating energetic juxtapositions between different historic periods to envision life at the end of our own century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0819522376
• ISBN 13: 9780819522375
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 79