Taken In Faith

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book Taken In Faith by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele, Ohio University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele ISBN: 9780804040082
Publisher: Ohio University Press Publication: May 31, 2002
Imprint: Swallow Press Language: English
Author: Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
ISBN: 9780804040082
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication: May 31, 2002
Imprint: Swallow Press
Language: English

In 1967, Yvor Winters wrote of Helen Pinkerton, “she is a master of poetic style and of her material. No poet in English writes with more authority.” Unfortunately, in 1967 mastery of poetic style was not, by and large, considered a virtue, and Pinkerton's finely crafted poems were neglected in favor of more improvisational and flashier talents. Though her work won the attention and praise of serious readers, who tracked her poems as they appeared in such journals as The Paris Review, The Sewanee Review, and The Southern Review, her verse has never been available in a trade book. Taken in Faith remedies that situation, bringing Pinkerton's remarkable poems to a general audience for the first time.

Even her very earliest works embody a rare depth and seriousness. Primarily lyrical and devotional, they always touch on larger issues of human struggle and conduct. More recent poems, concerned in part with history, exhibit a stylistic as well as a thematic shift, moving away from the rhymed forms of her devotional works into a blank verse marked by a quiet flexibility and contemplative grace.

Like Virginia Adair, another poet who waited long for proper recognition, Pinkerton speaks as a woman who has lived fully and observed acutely and who has set the life and observations down in memorable verse. Taken in Faith represents a half-century of her poetic efforts.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In 1967, Yvor Winters wrote of Helen Pinkerton, “she is a master of poetic style and of her material. No poet in English writes with more authority.” Unfortunately, in 1967 mastery of poetic style was not, by and large, considered a virtue, and Pinkerton's finely crafted poems were neglected in favor of more improvisational and flashier talents. Though her work won the attention and praise of serious readers, who tracked her poems as they appeared in such journals as The Paris Review, The Sewanee Review, and The Southern Review, her verse has never been available in a trade book. Taken in Faith remedies that situation, bringing Pinkerton's remarkable poems to a general audience for the first time.

Even her very earliest works embody a rare depth and seriousness. Primarily lyrical and devotional, they always touch on larger issues of human struggle and conduct. More recent poems, concerned in part with history, exhibit a stylistic as well as a thematic shift, moving away from the rhymed forms of her devotional works into a blank verse marked by a quiet flexibility and contemplative grace.

Like Virginia Adair, another poet who waited long for proper recognition, Pinkerton speaks as a woman who has lived fully and observed acutely and who has set the life and observations down in memorable verse. Taken in Faith represents a half-century of her poetic efforts.

More books from Ohio University Press

Cover of the book The History of Indiana Law by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Devils & Islands by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book It's in There!® by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Meter Matters by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Lit from Within by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book The Game of Conservation by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book A Modern History of the Somali by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Reimagining the Middle Passage by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book The Wife of Martin Guerre by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Spirituality and the Writer by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Missouri’s War by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Standing Our Ground by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Dragging Wyatt Earp by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Bleak Houses by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
Cover of the book Sponsored Migration by Helen Pinkerton, Timothy Steele
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy