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The Known World (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Don Bogen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Known World (Wesleyan Poetry Series) about?

Stunning poetry that explores the complex relationship between past and present. Turning bare description into a luxuriance, The Known World looks at the complex relationship of past and present, creating energetic juxtaposition between different historic periods to envision life at the end of our own century. Don Bogen calls the work an archeology, and uses details f life in past eras as a way of penetrating the surfaces of history. In his account, everything known is both encumbered with and defined by the past. Short poems in this collection cohere around the long title poem, which explores the nineteenth century through more than thirty sections in different voices and styles, including lists, mock letters, brief narratives, and lyric passages. The result is lively and illuminating.

Who reads The Known World (Wesleyan Poetry Series)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Don Bogen
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780819522375
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

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