Ultima Thule (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Davis McCombs
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Time of Work: The mid-1800’s and the 1990’s
- Setting: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Stephen Bishop, Davis McCombs
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Native Americans or American Indians, 1990’s, Kentucky, Caves
- Locales: Kentucky
Though the generation of poets to which Davis McCombs belongs has hardly yet reached maturity, some common denominators can be identified. One of them is an interest in both history and landscape, concerns that are at the heart of Ultima Thule. McCombs works as a park ranger in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Natural Park. The term “ultima Thule” was coined by the ancient Romans to name islands in the far North Atlantic that their ships could not reach. Ultima Thule has since become a synonym for any area difficult for humans to access. Thus, it is not surprising that the people...
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