Fortress
Publication Year: 1989
All these poems have in common a lyrical approach to solitude ("the only protection / against death/ was to love solitude") and an ironical vision for which love of beauty and the longing for the world are the cure. Hillman combines the imagistic with narrative; in her poems lyricism wars with irony; the solitary noticing consciousness is in control - because the observed world seems beautiful to the observer, great joy is possible despite the sense of difficulty or sorrow.
The language here is rich and elegant. Truth is relentlessly addressed.
Published by: Wesleyan University Press
Contents
I
A Life of Action
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pp. 3-4
The Shulamite Girl
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pp. 5-6
Scott on Flight 559
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pp. 7-8
Broken Dreams
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pp. 9-14
Saguaro
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pp. 15-16
Amanuensis
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p. 17-17
Bookstore
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pp. 18-21
No Greener Pastures
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pp. 22-23
Cleave and Cleave
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pp. 25-26
II
The Ropes
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p. 29-29
Fortress
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pp. 30-46
"Night and Day"
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pp. 47-48
III
Crooked Bridge
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p. 51-51
Redwings
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pp. 52-53
The Calf
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pp. 54-55
Eucalyptus Grove
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pp. 56-57
Canyon
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pp. 58-64
Pavane at Dusk
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pp. 65-66
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To the Gull
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pp. 69-70
E-ISBN-13: 9780819572646
Print-ISBN-13: 9780819521675
Page Count: 80
Publication Year: 1989
Series Title: Wesleyan Poetry Series
