Musing (Mingling Voices Series) - Softcover

Hart, Jonathan Locke

 
9781897425909: Musing (Mingling Voices Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1897425902 ISBN 13: 9781897425909
Publisher: Athabasca University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Musing is a book of sonnets. Working within the frameworkof a classic poetic form, Jonathan Locke Hart embarks on an extendedmeditation on our rootedness in landscape and in the past. As sonnets,some of the poems are traditional, some innovative. Throughout, Hartdeftly imparts a European poetic flavour to a fundamentally NorthAmerican experience.

The collection opens with a foreword by noted literary scholarGordon Teskey, who reflects on the themes that have marked theevolution of Hart’s poetry. Of Musings, Teskey writes:"These deeply thoughtful poems bring layered historicalconsciousness into the sonnet. They also touch and stir the heartthrough all its levels."

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About the Author

Jonathan Locke Hart's poetry has appeared inmany prestigious literary journals, and translations of his poems havebeen published in Estonian, French, and Greek. He teaches at theUniversity of Alberta, and his recent books include DreamChina, Dream Salvage, and Dreamwork.

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Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1897425902
ISBN 13 
9781897425909
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128