Musing

Hart, Jonathan Locke

ISBN 10: 1897425902 / ISBN 13: 9781897425909

Published by AU Press, Edmonton, 2011

About this Item

First printing of this trade paperback edition. Dedication written by the author on the half-title: "For David in admiration & friendship. Jonathan. 20. xii. 2011." Also signed by the author on the title page. Else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

Seller Inventory # 102324

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Musing
• Publisher: AU Press, Edmonton
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897425902
• ISBN 13: 9781897425909
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

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."

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.