Elegies

by Muriel Rukeyser

"Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest." -- Muriel Rukeyser, "Elegy in Joy"

First published by New Directions in 1949, Muriel Rukeyser's Elegies were written over a seven years period the end of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the beginnings of the Cold War. Both and homage to Rilke's Duino Elegies and a spiritual reckoning that is particularly resonant today, these poems present...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811221067
• ISBN13: 9780811221061
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"