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Jackson, Major, 1968-
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American poetry -- 21st century.
American poetry -- Black authors
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Jackson, Major, 1968-
American poetry -- 21st century.
American poetry -- Black authors
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The
absurd
man
:
poems
/ Major Jackson.
by
Jackson, Major, 1968-
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Call #:
811.6 J13a
Subjects
American poetry -- 21st century.
American poetry -- Black authors
ISBN:
9781324004554 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
104 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"In this knock-out collection, Major Jackson savors the complexity between perception and reality, the body and desire, accountability and judgment. Inspired by the philosophy of Albert Camus, Major Jackson's fifth volume subtly configures the poet as '
absurd
hero.' With intense musicality and buoyant lyricism, The
Absurd
Man
follows the titular speaker as he confronts the struggle for meaning in a technological world and the difficulty of social and political unity, finding refuge in intellectual and sensuous passions. At once melancholic and jubilant, Jackson considers the journey of humanity, with all its foibles, as a sacred pattern of discovery reconciled by art and the imagination. From 'The
Absurd
Man
at Fourteen' He punched her again, a woman called the house, some yelling then us out the door leaving the kitchen phone cord swinging"--Publisher.
Genre:
American poetry.
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