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- catalog abstract "Practical Gods is the eighth collection by Carl Dennis, a critically acclaimed poet and recent winner of one of the most prestigious poetry awards, the Ruth Lilly Prize. Carl Dennis has won acclaim for "wise, original, and often deeply moving" poems that "ease the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving" (The New York Times). Many of the poems in this new book involve an attempt to enter into dialogue with pagan and biblical perspectives, to throw light on ordinary experience through metaphor borrowed from religious myth and to translate religious myth into secular terms. While making no claims to put us in touch with some ultimate reality, these clear, precise, sensitive poems help us to pay homage to the everyday household gods that are easy to ignore, the gods that sustain life and make it rewarding.".
- catalog contributor b12244582.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description "Practical Gods is the eighth collection by Carl Dennis, a critically acclaimed poet and recent winner of one of the most prestigious poetry awards, the Ruth Lilly Prize. Carl Dennis has won acclaim for "wise, original, and often deeply moving" poems that "ease the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving" (The New York Times). Many of the poems in this new book involve an attempt to enter into dialogue with pagan and biblical perspectives, to throw light on ordinary experience through metaphor borrowed from religious myth and to translate religious myth into secular terms. While making no claims to put us in touch with some ultimate reality, these clear, precise, sensitive poems help us to pay homage to the everyday household gods that are easy to ignore, the gods that sustain life and make it rewarding.".
- catalog description "Priest of Hermes -- Saint Francis and the nun -- Department store -- Not the idle -- Gelati -- To a pagan -- History -- School days -- Glory -- Prophet -- Delphi -- Infidels -- Pride -- On the bus to Utica -- Jesus freaks -- Serpent to Adam -- View of Delft -- Chance for the soul -- Halfway -- Audience -- Letter from Mary in the Tyrol -- Numbers -- Fallen -- Eurydice -- Lace maker -- After eden -- Progress -- Progressive health -- Just deserts -- More art -- Basho -- Improbable story -- Bishop Berkeley Sunrise -- Eternal Poetry -- In the short term -- Guardian angel -- May jen -- Eternal life -- God who loves you.".
- catalog extent "77 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Practical gods.".
- catalog identifier "0141002301 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Practical gods.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Penguin Poets,".
- catalog relation "Practical gods.".
- catalog subject "811/.54 21".
- catalog subject "American poetry 21st century.".
- catalog subject "PS3554.E535 P73 2001".
- catalog subject "Poetry.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Priest of Hermes -- Saint Francis and the nun -- Department store -- Not the idle -- Gelati -- To a pagan -- History -- School days -- Glory -- Prophet -- Delphi -- Infidels -- Pride -- On the bus to Utica -- Jesus freaks -- Serpent to Adam -- View of Delft -- Chance for the soul -- Halfway -- Audience -- Letter from Mary in the Tyrol -- Numbers -- Fallen -- Eurydice -- Lace maker -- After eden -- Progress -- Progressive health -- Just deserts -- More art -- Basho -- Improbable story -- Bishop Berkeley Sunrise -- Eternal Poetry -- In the short term -- Guardian angel -- May jen -- Eternal life -- God who loves you.".
- catalog title "Practical gods / Carl Dennis.".
- catalog type "text".