INSCRIBED by Wright to Rob Vaughan, the head of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities: "Charles Wright/ for/ Rob Vaughan/ with/ many thanks/ for his kindness." A Fine, internally clean, solid hard cover First Printing in a complete Fine dust jacket.

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Title

Chickamauga [Poems]

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, (1997)

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0374121087

ISBN 13

9780374121082

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This volume, Wright's eleventh book of poetry, is a vivid, contemplative, far-reaching, yet wholly plain-spoken collection of moments appearing as lenses through which to see the world beyond our moments. Chickamauga is also a virtuoso exploration of the power of concision in lyric poetry--a testament to the flexible music of the long line Wright has made his own. As a reviewer in Library Journal noted: "Wright is one of those rare and gifted poets who can turn thought into music. Following his self-prescribed regimen of purgatio, illuminato, and contemplatio, Wright spins one lovely lyric after another on such elemental subjects as sky, trees, birds, months, and seasons. But the real subject is the thinking process itself and the mysterious alchemy of language: 'The world is a language we never quite understand.'"

About the Author

Charles Wright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, and the Griffin Poetry Prize, teaches at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

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