Musing
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2011
- Category
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926836386
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Musing is a book of sonnets. Working within the framework of a classic poetic form, Jonathan Locke Hart embarks on an extended meditation on our rootedness in landscape and in the past. As sonnets, the poems are a mixture of tradition and innovation. Throughout, Hart deftly interweaves European culture with North American settings and experience. The collection opens with a foreword by noted literary scholar Gordon Teskey, who reflects on the themes that have marked the evolution of Hart's poetry. Of Musing, Teskey writes: "These deeply thoughtful poems bring layered historical consciousness into the sonnet. They also touch and stir the heart through all its levels."
About the author
Jonathan Locke Hart’s poetry has appeared in many prestigious literary journals, and translations of his poems have been published in Estonian, French, and Greek. Professor Hart teaches at the University of Alberta, and his recent books include Dream China (2002) and Dream Salvage (2003).