On a Stair |
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| Author:
| Lauterbach, Ann |
| Series title: | Penguin Poets Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-058793-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1997 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Ann Lauterbach's fifth collection takes its title from Emerson's great essay, Experience- "Where do we find ourselves?" he asks. Lauterbach's stair sits precariously between a quest for spiritual vitality and a sense of the overwhelming materiality of our world. Identifying with the clown, the nomad and the thief figures whose ghostly marginality haunt this book, Lauterbach brings us, with a dazzling range of formal and imagistic resources, to a new understanding of how language...
More DescriptionAnn Lauterbach's fifth collection takes its title from Emerson's great essay, Experience- "Where do we find ourselves?" he asks. Lauterbach's stair sits precariously between a quest for spiritual vitality and a sense of the overwhelming materiality of our world. Identifying with the clown, the nomad and the thief figures whose ghostly marginality haunt this book, Lauterbach brings us, with a dazzling range of formal and imagistic resources, to a new understanding of how language inscribes the relationship between self-knowledge and cultural meaning.