Unholy Sonnets is the author's seventh collection of poetry, his first since the celebrated Questions for Ecclesiastes, which confirmed Mark Jarman's emergence as a major American poet. Following up on the memorable sequence of "Unholy Sonnets," Questions for Ecclesiastes, creates an entire book that inverts John Donne's asking of God, "Are You there, and do You hear?" Unholy Sonnets continues the work Jarman began in Questions for Ecclesiastes. This new series of poems strives to create devotional poetry written against ...
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Unholy Sonnets is the author's seventh collection of poetry, his first since the celebrated Questions for Ecclesiastes, which confirmed Mark Jarman's emergence as a major American poet. Following up on the memorable sequence of "Unholy Sonnets," Questions for Ecclesiastes, creates an entire book that inverts John Donne's asking of God, "Are You there, and do You hear?" Unholy Sonnets continues the work Jarman began in Questions for Ecclesiastes. This new series of poems strives to create devotional poetry written against the grain, without assumptions about faith or shared belief. That is why these sonnets are called "unholy." They aim to avoid piety, while also testing the limits and conventions of the sonnet form. Taking off from the series of sonnets in Questions for Ecclesiastes, Unholy Sonnets explores more fully the relationship between what the soul desires and what creation allows. These new poems investigate the nature of prayer, incarnation, judgement, and grace, while trying to imagine a God large enough to hold the universe and personal enough to care about individual yearning and gratitude, suffering, and joy.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 83 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is in very good condition, didn't see any marks, shipped with tracking number.
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Very Good. 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.6 inches VERY GOOD Condition; 80 pages; Taking off from the series of sonnets in Questions for Ecclesiastes, Unholy Sonnets explores more fully the relationship between what the soul desires and what creation allows. These new poems investigate the nature of prayer, incarnation,
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes; Good trade paperback with creasing, nicked, stained edges, and prompt shipping with tracking.
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Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the uncommon 1994 1st edition. Fine in its hand-sewn wrappers. Miniature (64mo), one of only 130 copies issued. INSCRIBED BY MARK JARMAN IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION at the colophon. Signed by Author.
