Dream Work |
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Author:
| Oliver, Mary |
ISBN: | 978-0-87113-069-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Atlantic Monthly Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Oliver’s American Primitive, which won her the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1983. The depth and diversity of perceptual awareness — so steadfast and radiant in American Primitive — continues in Dream Work. Additionally, she has turned her attention in these poems to the solitary and difficult labors of the spirit — to accepting the truth about one’s personal...
More DescriptionDream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Oliver’s American Primitive, which won her the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1983. The depth and diversity of perceptual awareness — so steadfast and radiant in American Primitive — continues in Dream Work. Additionally, she has turned her attention in these poems to the solitary and difficult labors of the spirit — to accepting the truth about one’s personal world, and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failures of human relationships.