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Dream Work

byMary Oliver

Genres: Poetry

Who is this book for? Readers who appreciate introspective poetry and themes of personal growth.

Topics Self-reflectionHuman relationshipsPerceptual awarenessSpiritualityAcceptanceTriumphs and failuresHistory's impactJoyfulnessPersonal truthSolitude
Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Oliver's American Primitive, which won for her the Pulitzer Prize for the finest book of poetry published in 1983 by an American poet. The depth and diversity of perceptual awareness-so steadfast and radiant in American Primitive-continue in Dream Work. Additionally, she has turned her attention in these poems to the solitary and difficult labors of the spirit-to accepting the truth about one's personal world, and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failures of human relationships. Whether by way of inheritance-as in her poem about the Holocaust-or through a painful glimpse into the present-as in "Acid," a poem about an injured boy begging in the streets of Indonesia-the events and tendencies of history take on a new importance also. More deeply than in her previous volumes, the sensibility behind these poems has merged with the world. Mary Oliver's willingness to be joyful continues, deepened by self-awareness, by experience, and by choice.

Language

en

Published on

24/02/1994

Pages

96

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780871130693

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