Collected Poems, 1957-1982 (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendell Berry
- First Published: 1985
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Rural or country life, Farms, farmers, or farming, Women, Men
The Work
Containing nearly two hundred poems from eight previous volumes, Collected Poems, 1957-1982 has helped to establish Wendell Berry as a major American poet. The collection illustrates the ideas Berry develops in his fiction and substantiates in his autobiographical and polemical essays. Unifying his poetry are the principles and rewards of small-scale, hands-on, community-based, multigenerational farming, which Berry has found to be an exemplar of a continuous harmony between people and land. Collected Poems stands as one of the most substantial poetic...
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