Useless virtues: poems
Auteur :
Hummer, T. R.
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807126691
Date de publication :
30 sept. 2001
Dimensions :
22,7 x 14,1 x 0,7 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A wide-ranging series of forays into metaphysical territory. The book’s presiding inquiry concerns the dependency of our consciousness and our spirit on the untrustworthy powers of language. How often and how deeply is our faith - in words, if not in gods - misplaced, destructive, glorious, redemptive? How can we know?