Reviews for New Essays on The Country of the Pointed Firs

The average rating for New Essays on The Country of the Pointed Firs based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-12-15 00:00:00 Jamie Wimber I can't review this book since I am a contributor;-) I received my Contributor's Copy about a month ago and it is a thrill, I admit, to see in physical reality my first appearance in an anthology of scholarship; and alongside such noteworthy scholars as S. T. Joshi, Robert H. Waugh and Bruce Byfield:-)

Review # 2 was written on 2018-11-04 00:00:00 Arnaud Perucca The life Jane Kenyon, and specifically her darkness of depression, are the focus of Timmerman's biography and literary analysis. The author explores the various techniques the poet used to express her spirituality and her love for the farm on which she and Donald Hall ( a former US Poet Laureate) lived in New Hampshire. Kenyon lived there from 1975 until her death from leukemia in 1995. Copious footnotes permitted this reader to make a list of Kenyon's volumes for further exploration. Indeed, this book is much like taking a trip to new territory with an expert guide, and then returning to the same spot later on one's own. The closing chapter focuses upon Hall's struggle to live without her and is surprisingly powerful.