Negative History

by Cathryn Hankla

Negative history is a legal term referring to decisions that have been overruled or questioned in some way by an appellate court. Cathryn Hankla's Negative History alludes to such ambiguity in the domain of a more personal justice--as the title poem suggests: "Petals of morning/open in lucid order/opposed to the law.//Here is a question without an answer."

Through these enthralling poems, the reader enters spheres of history and emotion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807121533
• ISBN13: 9780807121535
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.5"