Dante's House - Softcover

Greene, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550653601 ISBN 13: 9781550653601

Publisher: Signal Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Taking as its subject the rumors, misunderstandings, and half-truths that often comprise our knowledge of others, this latest collection of poems from Richard Greene captures the various states of feeling that come with a flawed life. Moving from his mother’s oil paintings and the harrowing conditions at a corrections facility to recollections of a much-loved mentor, this collection of verse is capped off by the lyrical and moving title poem. Written in fluent, colloquial terza rima and set in sun-drenched Siena during the frenzied pageantry of the Italian city’s biannual horse race, it is a brilliant, beautifully realized achievement that consolidates Greene’s reputation as a master of narrative verse.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Greene is a professor of creative writing and British literature at the University of Toronto. He is the author of the biography Edith Sitwell: Avant Garde Poet, English Genius and three collections of poetry, including Boxing the Compass, which won the Governor General’s Award for poetry. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario.

Review:

Praise for Richard Greene's poetry :

"Characterized by powerful, arresting openings, sharp aphoristic jabs, sonnet-like solutions, pithy ironies." --The Globe and Mail

"As intricately sculpted as those miniature schooners that old salts stick in clear bottles." --George Eliot Clarke

About this edition

• Publisher: Signal Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1550653601
• ISBN 13: 9781550653601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160