Another reason

Another reason

by Dennis, Carl

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The poems in Carl Dennis's new collection Another Reason assume that our efforts to reason with ourselves and with others about what matters to us are necessary to escape the purely private point of view, to provide the houses we live in with doors and windows. These poems enact a drama of attempted persuasion, as the poet confers with himself, with intimates, and with strangers, if only in the hope that by defining differences more precisely one may be drawn into a genuine dialogue. As the poe…

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  • Full title :Another reason / Carl Dennis.

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The poems in Carl Dennis's new collection Another Reason assume that our efforts to reason with ourselves and with others about what matters to us are necessary to escape the purely private point of view, to provide the houses we live in with doors and windows. These poems enact a drama of attempted persuasion, as the poet confers with himself, with intimates, and with strangers, if only in the hope that by defining differences more precisely one may be drawn into a genuine dialogue. As the poet asserts and questions his own authority, encountering a wide range of competing claims from other voices, we find ourselves included in a conversation that deepens our notion of the human community.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:88 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780143125228, 0143125222
  • oclc:ocn852238359
  • LC Classification:PS3554.E535
  • Dewey Decimal:811/.54

Table of Contents

Habitat -- Night Sky -- At Home in the Cosmos -- Silent Manners -- My Noah -- More Reason -- Animal Husbandry -- Punch Bowl -- Letters Not Written -- Achievement -- Birthday -- Fallen Tree -- A Teacher -- Behind a Bookcase -- Near the Dig -- First Words -- Job: A New Edition -- A Clairvoyant -- A Gift from Wales -- From the Cove Hotel -- In the Kingdom -- Words from a Poor Man -- To a Novelist -- Even Nietzsche -- Angel and Cabinetmaker -- Point of View -- Basement -- The True Self -- Summer at the Lake -- At the Mall -- The Odds -- Mailing Gifts, December 21 -- To Taste -- To Reason -- Virtue -- A Blessing -- Meaning -- Next Time -- Loitering -- A Maxim -- Legacy -- Missing -- Unfolding -- Introduction to Philosophy -- New Year's Eve -- Words from John -- Not the End.

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Subjects

American poetry American poetry -- 21st century Amerikanisches Englisch Lyrik

Writers

Dennis, Carl

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