Otherwise (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Kenyon
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Poetry or poets, Fear, Death or dying, Creative process, Depression, mental, Terminal illness or terminally ill
As contemporary poets like Allen Ginsberg or Robert Creeley remain actively productive through their mature years, the myth of the romantic poet burning briefly and dying early has lost some of its hold on the literate public’s imagination. However, when an instance of mythic resonance occurs, the power and poignancy of the archetype are demonstrated anew. Jane Kenyon, the author of four volumes of poetry in which a sure, supple, and distinctively singular voice gained strength and range, died of leukemia in April of 1995 at the age of forty-seven after a fifteen-month struggle with...
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