Inventions of Farewell: A Collection of Elegies

A collection of poetic responses to loss--both consolation and inspiration to any reader. Death has always served as one of the most powerful catalysts for poetry. Whether with Dylan Thomas, counseling readers to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light," or with Walt Whitman, taking comfort in the serene arrival "sooner or later" of "delicate death," poets throughout history have faced the mortal losses that all of us inevitably encounter.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/2001
ISBN: 9780393049725
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.94w x 1.43d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2001 pg. 301
Publishers Weekly 03/12/2001 pg. 87
Booklist 03/15/2001 pg. 1346
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2001