Clayfeld Rejoices, Clayfeld Laments: A Sequence of Poems

Pack, Robert

ISBN 10: 0879236957 / ISBN 13: 9780879236953

Published by David R Godine, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A., 1987

About this Item

Hard bound with dust jacket. First printing.

Seller Inventory # 16533

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clayfeld Rejoices, Clayfeld Laments: A Sequence of Poems
• Publisher: David R Godine, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879236957
• ISBN 13: 9780879236953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

A book length series of poems, looking at life in all its imperfections through the viewpoint of an inextinguishable character whose spirit triumphs through humor.

Clayfeld, a comic everyman, is the center of these poems about the nature of beauty, sorrow, and art, as well as the potential for happiness. Thwarted continually by ordinary defeats, Clayfeld endures and laughs, loves and remembers.

Critic Harold Bloom called poet Robert Pack an heir to Robert Frost and Edwin Arlington Robinson. That heritage is fully apparent in this joyous and exuberant odyssey.

About the Author

Robert Pack writes prose and poems that are reflective, philosophical, and intrinsically linked to New England. Pack studied at Dartmouth College and Columbia University and has taught at Barnard College and Middlebury College, where he was served as director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference from 1973 to 1995.