Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations

by David Ferry

Book Overview

Winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Poetry. To read David Ferry's Bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. The passionate nature and originality of Ferry's prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath away. In poem after poem, his diction modulates beautifully between plainspoken high eloquence and colloquial vigor, making his distinctive speech one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226244881
• ISBN13: 9780226244884
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"