Dream Work
Published on 6. March 2025
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-80471-093-7 (ISBN)
Description
Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems originally published in 1986, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Oliver's American Primitive, which won her the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1983. The depth and diversity of perceptual awareness, so steadfast and radiant in American Primitive, continues in Dream Work. Additionally, she has turned her attention in these poems to the solitary and difficult labours of the spirit, to accepting the truth about one's personal world, and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failures of human relationships.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Atlantic Books
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80471-093-7 (9781804710937)
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Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She died in 2019.