Hirshfield, Jane
Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World
- ISBN 13:
- 9780345806840
- author:
- Hirshfield, Jane
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.00(d)
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Jane Hirshfield's Ten Windows explores how great poems work their transformative power. Through ten eloquent essays, she examines the ways language can foster revolutions of being, revealing the hidden potential in paradox, surprise, and uncertainty. By closely reading poems by various authors, Hirshfield shows how poetry's world-making takes place, word by charged word. She proposes that poems expand what is possible, not just for themselves, but for us as well. This collection restores our experience of shared humanity and the limitless means to summon and forge knowledge. Through her insightful explorations, Hirshfield sheds light on the sensuous and precise ways poetry can deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
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