In Hours of the Cardinal, a mother's death triggers poems that journey through grief into the unnamable origins of consciousness--before thought, talk, even printed words. These elegies weave stories and anecdotes from literature and the visual arts, literally trying to cheat death by facing it, even facing it down. The ghosts that take flesh in this collection are poets such as Tsvetayeva, Mandelstam, and Tu Fu, painters such as Max Ernst...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1570033218
ISBN13:9781570033216
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:University of South Carolina Press
Length:94 Pages
Weight:0.34 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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