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Practical Gods (Penguin Poets)

by Carl Dennis

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Publisher Comments:

Practical Gods is the eighth collection by Carl Dennis, a critically acclaimed poet and recent winner of one of the most prestigious poetry awards, the Ruth Lilly Prize. Carl Dennis has won acclaim for "wise, original, and often deeply moving" poems that "ease the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving" (The New York Times). Many of the poems in this new book involve an attempt to enter into dialogue with pagan and biblical perspectives, to throw light on ordinary experience through metaphor borrowed from religious myth and to translate religious myth into secular terms. While making no claims to put us in touch with some ultimate reality, these clear, precise, sensitive poems help us to pay homage to the everyday household gods that are easy to ignore, the gods that sustain life and make it rewarding.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780141002309
Author:
Dennis, Carl
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
American
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
American poetry
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Single Author / American
Copyright:
Series:
Penguin Poets
Series Volume:
52/2001
Publication Date:
October 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
9.01x5.99x.31 in. .30 lbs.

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