Candles in Babylon
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Denise Levertov's Candles in Babylon evinces both the inner strength gained by a life of social commitment and the quiet wisdom born of solitude. The seventy-one poems in the book--her first full collection since Life in the Forest (1978)-- are grouped into several thematic sections that explore by turns the subtleties in the shifting balance between our public and private selves, the poet's voice ranging from the wry satire of her "Pig Dreams" sequence to the resonant grandeur of her six-part "Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus." Behind it all is the gentle melancholy of the title poem and the poet's vision of peace.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0811208311
ISBN13:9780811208314
Release Date:May 1982
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Wonderful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This text includes two of my favorite Denise Levertov poems, "For the New Year, 1981" and "Writing in the Dark." Included in this volume are poinant, beautiful, timeless poems that will resonate forever. "Writing in the Dark" is a wonderful poem for students of any age. I read it aloud to my college students and you could hear a pin drop. Students also identify with it in regard to their own journal entry writing.
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