Fierce Elegy

"Luminous and musical poems about love, time, and the intensity of the world as one turns to face the end of life"--

About the author

Peter Gizzi is the author of many collections of poetry, including Now It's Dark (2020), Archeophonics (2016), a finalist for the National Book Award, Threshold Songs (2011), and In Defense of Nothing: Selected Poems, 1987-2011 (2014), a finalist for the LA Times Book Award. He has also published several limited-edition chapbooks, folios, and artist books. Marjorie Perloff has called him "a master of the mot juste and of sound structure;" Robert Creeley, "one of the most exceptional poets of his generation." Adrienne Rich has said "his disturbing lyricism is like no other;" and John Ashbery thought him "the most exciting new poet to come along in quite a while." He lives in Holyoke, MA.

Summary

Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but also - as it has been for centuries - a work of loveIn Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection, we find, in the poet's words, that "the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world."

Product details

• Authors: Peter Gizzi
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2023
• EAN: 9780819500670
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-0067-0
• No. of pages: 72
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 206 g
• Series: Wesleyan Poetry; Wesleyan Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies