New and Selected Poems: 1956-1996

by Philip Appleman

Book Overview

With an astonishing command of nature imagery, from sparrows to mastodons, Philip Appleman can deftly weave into a single poem an intricate pattern of ideas drawn from evolution, humanism, anthropology, religious skepticism, and everyday experience. Appealing to reason as well as to emotion and imagination, he writes poems of lyrical intensity and remarkable narrative depth. He creates characters--Eve or Darwin or a failed priest--with such wit,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557284202
• ISBN13: 9781557284204
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"