Pagan Virtues: Poems

by Stephen Dunn

Book Overview

In this meditative and incisive collection, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn draws on themes of morality and mortality to explore the innermost machinations of human nature. Shifting in tone but never wavering in their essential honesty, these poems reflect on desire, restraint, and the roles we play in an ever-evolving society. A stunning sequence on the relationship between the speaker and "Mrs. Cavendish" examines an intimacy sustained and repelled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393868443
• ISBN13: 9780393868449
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.1"