For The Century's End
Poems 1990-1999
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | John M. Haines | ISBN: | 9780295806808 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | May 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John M. Haines |
| ISBN: | 9780295806808 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous selection of poems in For the Century�s End conveys, in form and substance, the singular and exhilarating power of Haines�s poetry of the past decade, underscoring his role as one of the major writers of our time.
Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous selection of poems in For the Century�s End conveys, in form and substance, the singular and exhilarating power of Haines�s poetry of the past decade, underscoring his role as one of the major writers of our time.
