The Professor of Forgetting (eBook)

Greg Delanty (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
69 Seiten
LSU Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-8059-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Professor of Forgetting, a new collection from the acclaimed Irish poet Greg Delanty, swings back and forth on the fulcrum of what we call "e;now"e; and confronts our notion of how time passes. From the very first poem, "e;Going Nowhere Fast,"e; which ponders whether we are now here or going nowhere, to the final selection, from which the book takes its self-reflective title, these exuberant poems chronicle what it means to be human with joy, pathos, honesty, despair, sorrow, celebration, and wit. Structurally diverse in form, the poems also explore a range of poignant topics, including childhood, family, love, racism, the natural world, immigration, and the unavoidability of death. Often humorous, Delanty's poetry finds ways of coping with the challenges of life, as it makes lasting art out of heartbreaking difficulty and experience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.8.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
• Schlagworte: Afterlife • aging • climate change • elegies • formal verse • growing older • Humor • Illness • immigrant stories • Irish-American tradition • Irish Poets • metaphysical questions • Nature • parenting
• ISBN-10: 0-8071-8059-9 / 0807180599
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-8059-4 / 9780807180594