Poems from the Sangamon
John Knoepfle(Author)
University of Illinois Press
Will be published approx. on 1. October 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-252-01243-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Regional poetry at its best, where the strongly articulated local
voice slips easily, persuasively, and movingly into the universal."
-- J. R. Willingham, Choice
"Uses the history and prehistory of the Sangamon river valley as
his subject matter; the poems are laconic, earthy, full of sharply observed
details, and are rendered with a flair for common speech." -- Library
Journal
"Knoepfle has long been misunderstood and underestimated among U.S.
poets. . . . poems from the sangamon, his finest single collection
to date, celebrates the Sangamon country around Springfield." --
Charles Guenther, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Captures without nostalgia a time and a people in their essences,
embodying their raw emotions, their dreams, and the bitter realities of
being caught up in the twentieth century." -- Anne C. Bromley, Prairie
Schooner
voice slips easily, persuasively, and movingly into the universal."
-- J. R. Willingham, Choice
"Uses the history and prehistory of the Sangamon river valley as
his subject matter; the poems are laconic, earthy, full of sharply observed
details, and are rendered with a flair for common speech." -- Library
Journal
"Knoepfle has long been misunderstood and underestimated among U.S.
poets. . . . poems from the sangamon, his finest single collection
to date, celebrates the Sangamon country around Springfield." --
Charles Guenther, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Captures without nostalgia a time and a people in their essences,
embodying their raw emotions, their dreams, and the bitter realities of
being caught up in the twentieth century." -- Anne C. Bromley, Prairie
Schooner
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-01243-3 (9780252012433)
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Schweitzer Classification