At the palace of Jove : poems / Karl Kirchwey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirchwey, Karl, 1956-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xiv, 76 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Putnam's, [2002]

Summary:

"Our favorite 'unsung' poet, " were the words Chapters Bookstore used when including Karl Kirchwey's The Engrafted Word among their 1998 favorite books. Now, in this new volume, Kirchwey -- whose work has garnered high praise from such poets as Richard Wilbur, John Hollander, and James Merrill and who has been the recipient of prestigious prizes and fellowships -- continues his explorations into the impact of the past on the present. But he also adds a strong dimension of moral gravity and social satire along with a deeper -- and deeply moving -- element of the personal. At the Palace of Jove displays Kirchwey's great gifts, offering poems of uncommon wit, piercing intelligence, visionary clarity, and generous emotional power.

Notes:

"A Marian Wood book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).

ISBN:

0399149198

0399149449

OCLC:

49553777