The Night Abraham Called to the Stars - Poems (Paperback)


Robert Bly's new collection of poetry is made of forty-eight poems written in the intricate form called the ghazal, which is the central poetic form in Islam. The influence of Hafez and Rumi is clear, and yet the poems descend into the wealth of Western history, referring at times to Monet, Giordano Bruno,Emerson, St. Francis, Newton, and Chekhov, as well as to events in Bly's own life. The leaping between joy and "ruin" produces a poetry which makes him, as Kenneth Rexroth noted, "one of the leaders in a poetic revival which has returned American literature to the world community."


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Robert Bly's new collection of poetry is made of forty-eight poems written in the intricate form called the ghazal, which is the central poetic form in Islam. The influence of Hafez and Rumi is clear, and yet the poems descend into the wealth of Western history, referring at times to Monet, Giordano Bruno,Emerson, St. Francis, Newton, and Chekhov, as well as to events in Bly's own life. The leaping between joy and "ruin" produces a poetry which makes him, as Kenneth Rexroth noted, "one of the leaders in a poetic revival which has returned American literature to the world community."

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Imprint

HarperPerennial

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 2002

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

April 2002

Authors

Dimensions

203 x 134 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

112

ISBN-13

978-0-06-093444-6

Barcode

9780060934446

Categories

LSN

0-06-093444-1



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