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For thousands of years the image of the Green Man - foliage sprouting from his mouth to symbolize humanity's unity with the natural world - has survived in European civilization. Invoking this spirit, John Donlan counsels: "Wear the earth as if it were your skin." He writes of how "the wind's voice, translated through the low/hiss of pine needles, says, 'You belong.'" But the wisdom of the Green Man is not easily won. Donlan's poems, each recording the date of its completion, and published in the order in which they were written, constitute a kind of spiritual diary, a history and science of feeling. The first half of the book, structured in quintets, chronicles the struggle for self-understanding and personal growth. Destructive impulses insinuate themselves when least expected: "One voice says, 'Watch your step' and one says 'Slip'." While seeking to embrace the ancient wisdom of the Green Man, Donlan knows that we must confront the bleakness of modern life, and consequentlythe second half of the volume is rooted in Vancouver's East Side, where "clearcuts metastasize into neighbourhoods." Throughout, however, Donlan's imagery and cadenced language feeds our "hunger/for the beauty of the world." Despite the holocaust being wreaked on the natural world, Donlan's Green Man is written "against despair." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)819.154Literature English (North America) American literature in English outside the USA (optional) English literature from Canada Canadian speeches 1864–1900LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: Geen beoordelingen.Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |