Abstract
There are times when I read a book that reinvigorates important questions for me - such as how language carries and creates meaning, and what, after all, is the function and force of poetry. Usually, such a book is a creative work and I like to imagine that the first readers of volumes by George Herbert or John Donne responded with such questions - to poetry that consistently registered a persuasive complexity and which, while emotionally restrained, carried a pithy emotional charge.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-60 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Australian Book Review |
Issue number | 306 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |