Charles Wright: A Companion to the Late Poetry, 1988-2007 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078643242X ISBN 13: 9780786432424

Publisher: McFarland, 2007

Synopsis

This work offers a complete reader's guide and handbook to the late poetry of author Charles Wright. It begins with a study of the poems in Chickamauga (1995), the earliest of which were published in the late 1980s, and continues through the seven volumes that followed: Black Zodiac (1997), Appalachia (1998), North American Bear (1999), A Short History of the Shadow (2002), Buffalo Yoga (2004), Scar Tissue (2006), and Littlefoot: A Poem (2007). The author includes an annotated commentary for each of the 230 poems covered in the work, providing background information such as perceived influences, parallels to other poets, historical explanations, and biographical details.

About this title

About the Author

Robert D. Denham is John P. Fishwick Professor of English Emeritus at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. He has also taught at Emory & Henry College, after which he served as Director of English Programs and Director of the Association of Departments of English for the Modern Language Association. He has written and edited more than twenty-five volumes on Frye.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078643242X
• ISBN 13: 9780786432424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Denham Robert D.