Like a man gone mad : poems in a new century / Samuel Hazo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazo, Samuel, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Twenty-first century--Poetry.

Twenty-first century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hazo, National Book Award finalist and former State Poet of Pennsylva­nia, transports the reader with poems of both lament and celebration in his sensual new collection. Like a Man Gone Mad features much of the spare yet precise imagery of his earlier work. Searing portraits, a deft use of allegorical language, and a wry sense of humor are all signatures of Hazo's unique voice. Taking up the theme of time, the poems carry the reader back and forth through personal and historical time, offering glimpses of a wide range of figures, from Pascal and Heraclitus to John F. Kennedy and Clark Gable. From each vantage point, Hazo meditates on themes of vitality and longevity, legacy and oblivion, and the enduring folly of both the individual and society. Accessible and eminently readable, the po­ems in Like a Man Gone Mad embody a rich intellectual and emotional curiosity.

Contents:

pt. 1. Briefly in attendance

pt. 2. Not a soul applauds

pt. 3. They way it is

pt. 4. Louder in silence

pt. 5. The dreams of love

pt. 6. Simply by happening

pt. 7. In the name of candor

pt. 8. Between two shores.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780815650997

081565099X

OCLC:

759158750