ENGLISH

The eagle's mile

By James Dickey

Book information

Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0819511870, 9780819511874
LCC
PS3554.I32 E34 1990
Google Books ID
y-nF58mWSW8C
Open Library ID
OL2220506M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
113 kB (116019 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

A book of new poems by a major writer is an event. A book of new poems that marks a different, more powerful approach is cause for celebration. "What I looked for here," James Dickey tells us about The Eagle's Mile, "was a flicker of light 'from another direction,' and when I caught it - or thought I did - I followed where it went, for better or worse." In this new work, Dickey edges away from the narrative-based poems of his previous books and gives instead more primacy to the language in which he writes. His poetry gains flexibility, and his poetic power becomes even surer and more clearly expressed. "I have experimented," Dickey writes, "and look forward to experimenting more."

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