The Destructive Element (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Turner Cassity
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Africa or Africans, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Poetry or poets, Christianity, Creative process, Aesthetics
Turner Cassity’s The Destructive Element: New and Selected Poems is a striking collection that will convince skeptical poetry readers of the range and adaptability of formalism. The new poems are followed by selections from Cassity’s earlier books, in chronological order, and an epilogue poem that serves as an envoi. The poems run the gamut of formalist possibility from clear, witty, and brief epigrams to complex, allusion-laden meditative poems. The work clearly defines the trademark Cassity poem. The poet’s distinctive mix of philosophical speculation, irony,...
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