{"product_id":"an-origin-like-water-collected-poems-1957-1987-9780393316018","title":"An Origin Like Water: Collected Poems 1957-1987","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe poems from Boland's first book, \u003ci\u003eNew Territory\u003c\/i\u003e, show her to be, at twenty-two, a master of formal verse reflecting Irish history and myth. This collection charts the ways in which Boland's work breaks from poetic tradition, honors it, and reinvents it. Poems like \"Anorexic,\" \"Mastectomy,\" and \"Witching\" have an intensity reminiscent of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. In later poems, her subjects become more personal, sequencing Boland's life as a woman, poet, and mother. Boland writes, \"I grew to understand the Irish poetic tradition only when I went into exile with it,\" becoming, in effect, \"a displaced person \/ in a pastoral chaos.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection demonstrates how Boland's mature voice developed from the poetics of inner exile into a subtle, flexible idiom uniquely her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393316018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.16w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/19\/1997\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eavan Boland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636884336796,"sku":"9780393316018","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f560ee0e-03ba-46d7-85d5-59f57d57ba4b.jpg?v=1603843256","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-origin-like-water-collected-poems-1957-1987-9780393316018","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}