A Country of Marriage: Poems
Description
The fifth volume of poetry―including three poems about the Mad Farmer―from the
celebrated “beautiful, accessible poet [of] maverick conscience” (Kirkus
Reviews).First published in 1971, The Country of Marriage is Wendell Berry’s
fifth volume of poetry. What he calls “an expansive metaphor” is “a farmer’s
relationship to his land as the basic and central relation of humanity to
creation . . . Similarly, marriage is the basic and central community tie . .
. And these relationships are in turn basic to, and may stand for, our
relationship to God and to the sustaining mysteries and powers of
creation.”Each of the thirty-five poems in this collection is concerned with
the expansive themes contained in this metaphor. Most notably, there are more
poems about the Mad Farmer, who advises us here to “every day do something
that won’t compute.”In The Country of Marriage, Berry has crafted a work that
is immediately accessible but that becomes, as we read it again, always more
satisfying, reverberant with manifold meanings.Berry has here perfected a work
that is immediately accessible but that becomes, as we read it again, always
more satisfying, reverberant with manifold meanings. Read more Read less
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Counterpoint; Reprint edition (March 26, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 64 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1619021080
- ISBN-13 : 82
- Item Weight : 2 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.2 x 0.4 x 7.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #275,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #159 in Nature Poetry (Books) #422 in Inspirational & Religious Poetry (Books) #581 in Love Poems
- #159 in Nature Poetry (Books)
- #422 in Inspirational & Religious Poetry (Books)
| Dimensions | 7.4 × 4.25 × 0.28 in |
|---|---|
| Ean | 9781619021082 |
| GTIN | 09781619021082 |
| Isbn | 1619021080 |
| ISBN10 | 1619021080 |
| ISBN13 | 9781619021082 |
| Mpn | Does not apply |
| Upc | Does not apply |
| Brand | Counterpoint |
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