The Invention of Secrecy
Proud to be B-Corp
The feel-good place to buy books
The Invention of Secrecy by David John Citino
In The Invention of Secrecy, his eleventh collection of poetry, David Citino searches near and far--in his native Ohio, illuminated suddenly by a cosmic messenger; in Italy and Egypt, ancient and new; in Tibet; even in prehistoric and preliterary times--seeking answers to the most human of questions: What did we reverence in the past? What are our present obsessions? What does it mean to read one another? Must we always speak in our parents' voices?
The underlying concern of these poems is the very notion of secrecy, and in his explorations Citino investigates the lives, and credentials, of our saints--both secular and otherworldly. Ramses the Great, the prophet Hosea, the Roman emperor Vespasian, Caravaggio, the Wicked Witch of the West, Padre Pio, Mario Lanza, and Princess Diana are among the larger-than-life personages materializing on these pages. Continually in these poems, the past is read by light of the present and the present from perspectives of the past.
Accessible yet ambitious, and treating all of history as the concern of those living today, these poems seek to measure the span of our lives and the distance that separates one life from another.
The underlying concern of these poems is the very notion of secrecy, and in his explorations Citino investigates the lives, and credentials, of our saints--both secular and otherworldly. Ramses the Great, the prophet Hosea, the Roman emperor Vespasian, Caravaggio, the Wicked Witch of the West, Padre Pio, Mario Lanza, and Princess Diana are among the larger-than-life personages materializing on these pages. Continually in these poems, the past is read by light of the present and the present from perspectives of the past.
Accessible yet ambitious, and treating all of history as the concern of those living today, these poems seek to measure the span of our lives and the distance that separates one life from another.
Citino, David: - David Citino is the author of twelve volumes of poetry, including the National Book Critics Circle Notable Book, Broken Symmetry. He is the contributing editor of The Eye of the Poet: Six Views of the Art and Craft of Poetry. His poems have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and Threepenny Review. Citino is professor of English and creative writing at the Ohio State University. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Greater Columbus Arts Council and of Thurber House and as poetry editor at the Ohio State University Press.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780814250662 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814250661 |
| Titel | The Invention of Secrecy |
| Autor | David John Citino |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Ohio State University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-11-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 88 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |