Duplessis, Rachel Blau
Surge: Drafts 96-114 (Salt Modern Poets)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781844719440
- author:
- Duplessis, Rachel Blau
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Salt Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 184
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 1.1 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Surge Drafts 96-114 is the provocative conclusion to Rachel Blau DuPlessis's twenty-six year long poem project, Drafts. This work defies poetic categorisation, instead forging its own path through fusions of intellect and emotion.
With its witty genre experimentation, eco-poetics, feminist analysis, conceptual torques, and unwavering poetic commitment, Surge Drafts 96-114 offers a striking reflection on divided cities, the intersection of science and reality, and the power of poet's theater. The book is a contemporary mirror of T.S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, "The Waste Land", yet it remains uniquely its own.
Throughout its pages, Surge Drafts 96-114 showcases DuPlessis's mastery of language, weaving together disparate threads into a rich tapestry of meditation and introspection. The result is a scintillating work that will appeal to readers seeking innovative poetry and thought-provoking analysis.