The Essential Robert Gibbs |
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| Author:
| Gibbs, Robert |
| Series title: | Essential Poets Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88984-349-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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An ideal introduction to Gibbs' poetic world, The Essential Robert Gibbs collects some of the finest, most thought-provoking works from throughout his career. Sometimes compared to Gerard Manley Hopkins and Margaret Avison, he has been called a `gourmet of the minimal' who `devotes himself to asserting the value of the ordinary' (M. Travis Lane) and his work demonstrates both a sophisticated grasp of the human mind and a warm familiarity of voice.
Gibbs' poems mix...
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An ideal introduction to Gibbs' poetic world, The Essential Robert Gibbs collects some of the finest, most thought-provoking works from throughout his career. Sometimes compared to Gerard Manley Hopkins and Margaret Avison, he has been called a `gourmet of the minimal' who `devotes himself to asserting the value of the ordinary' (M. Travis Lane) and his work demonstrates both a sophisticated grasp of the human mind and a warm familiarity of voice.
Gibbs' poems mix sensuous dreamscapes and grounded realities. In his poems landscapes are evoked in all their ripeness, a father's quiet nobility is celebrated, writer's block becomes a force of nature, and a mind can become a home.