Of gravity & angels / Jane Hirshfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirshfield, Jane, 1953-

Series:

Wesleyan poetry.

Wesleyan poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Of gravity and angels.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press ; Scranton, Pa. : Distributed by Harper & Row, c1988.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A precise and passionate collection by a brave new voice in poetry.

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1. To Hear The Falling World; After Work; In A Net Of Blue And Gold; Invocation; To Hear The Falling World; Dialogue; Rain In May; Justice Without Passion; Trompe L'oeil; The Song; Sleeping In The Afternoon; Ars Poetica; Woman In Red Coat; This Ripeness; Music; At Night; Heat; 2. For What Binds Us; Desire; To Drink; In Your Hands; Sleeping; See How The Roads Are Strewn; Of Gravity & Angels; I Have No Use For Virgins; Tonight The Incalculable Stars; A Different Rising; Toward The Solstice; Surrounded By All The Falling; Doppelgänger; That Falling

The Music Like WaterFor What Binds Us; 3. The Other Earth; November, Remembering Voltaire; Osiris; Proteus Entering Water; On The Current Events; For The Women Of Poland: December 1981; Evening, Late Fall; October 20, 1983; On Reading Brecht; The Attempt; The Hungry Ghosts; Ithaca In Arms; In That World, The Angels Wear Fins; Ukiyo-E; Recalling A Sung Dynasty Landscape; Cook; Restringing The Beads; Pomegranates; A Story; Needles Of Pine, Of Morning; Tamara Stands In Straw; The Other Earth; 4. The Pattern That Connects; In Smooth Water The Mountains Suspend Themselves

It Is Easy To Be Fascinated With DeathAgainst Loss; The Speed With Which Blue Needles Move; The Pattern That Connects; Completing The Weave; A Continuous Embroidery; Toward The Infinite; With Singing And Banners; Autumn Quince; Childhood, Horses, Rain; Lullabye

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11011-3

9786613110114

0-8195-7205-5

0-585-37113-X

OCLC:

767498261