Apostrophes VII: Sleep, You, a Tree (cuRRents) - Softcover

Blodgett, E.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0888645546 ISBN 13: 9780888645548

Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 2011

Synopsis

Apostrophe 1. Rhet. A figure of speech, by which a speaker or writer suddenly stops in his discourse, and turns to address pointedly some person or thing, either present or absent; an exclamatory address. (OED) Renowned poet E.D. Blodgett extends his lyrical meditations to the limits of human knowing in Apostrophes VII: Sleep, You, a Tree. By remaining true to the ancient trope of direct address, he is able to sustain the merest suggestion of the infinite complexity of the natural world beyond "You," and thereby impress his breathtaking vision. Via sumptuous imagery commanded by musical lines and understated language, readers are invited to partake in the greatest marvels that happen to be all around us, and accessible to us, every day.

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From the Back Cover:

Front Flap: I have always admired E.D. Blodgett's poetry for its intellectual ambition, its refusal to accept the surface of things as their whole story, for its Wallace Stevens-like sensuous engagement with interiority. In Apostrophes VII: Sleep, You, a Tree, Blodgett turns to the impalpable, the richly numinous, not to escape the world, but to make the world more substantial so that it can accommodate all elements of our fullest dwelling, including a hyperbolic span of desire, the swoop of unfettered imagination and our unappeasable loneliness for the innerness of things. This makes his poetry reclamation work, drawing substance and light both into humans and the objects they live among and behold. -Tim Lilburn Back Cover: No one remembers when this dance began, the slow andante in our eyes, their disappearance and return as intimate as breath that we have known since we began to see, the nearest that we think of what we think is infinite. -from "Unknowing" Back Flap: E.D. Blodgett has published numerous books of poetry as well as diverse criticism and literary translations. He is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. In 1996 he won the Governor General's Award for Poetry for Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano. From 2007 to 2009 he was Edmonton's Poet Laureate. Blodgett lives in Surrey, British Columbia.

About the Author:

E.D. Blodgett (1935-2018) published numerous books of poetry as well as diverse criticism and literary translations. He was Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. He won the Governor General’s Award twice, for poetry and translation. From 2007 to 2009 he was Edmonton's Poet Laureate.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0888645546
• ISBN 13: 9780888645548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88