The Grief of a Happy Life

by Christopher Howell

Book Overview

In Christopher Howell's twelfth collection of poems, his gifts for elegy, humor, and lyricism are on full display. The Grief of a Happy Life explores the interplay between memory and imagination, celebrating the ways that happiness and grief inform one another and give our lives fullness and vitality.

Arranged in four sections, Howell's poems feature not only these concerns, but a large and various cast of characters as well. Aeneas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295746165
• ISBN13: 9780295746166
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher