Canaan

Here is public poetry of uncommon moral urgency: it bears witness to the sufferings of the innocent at the hands of history and to the martyrdom of those who have dared look history in the eye. "Rich, quarrelsome...handsome and brutish...Hill's poetry is the major achievement of late-twentieth-century verse," says The New Criterion. "Canaan is one of the few serious books we will have to mark the millennium."

About the author

Geoffrey Hill was born in 1932, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He was the author of five books of poetry, two volumes of literary criticism, and a stage version of Isben's poetic drama Brand. He taught in the University Professors Program at Boston University.

Summary

Here is public poetry of uncommon moral urgency: it bears witness to the sufferings of the innocent at the hands of history and to the martyrdom of those who have dared look history in the eye. "Rich, quarrelsome...handsome and brutish...Hill's poetry is the major achievement of late-twentieth-century verse," says The New Criterion. "Canaan is one of the few serious books we will have to mark the millennium."

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Hill
• Publisher: Harper Collins (US)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.1998
• EAN: 9780395924860
• ISBN: 978-0-395-92486-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Europe, Poetry, Italy, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Epic, United States of America, USA, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, POETRY: American / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Epic, POETRY: Haiku *, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, POETRY: European / German, POETRY: European / Italian, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, nonfiction;american;american poetry;america;poetry, Poetry by form: Haiku, american;america;poetry;nonfiction;1997;1998;1999