Death, and the day's light : poems / James Dickey ; edited with commentary by Gordon Van Ness.

Author/creator Dickey, James author.
Other author Van Ness, Gordon, 1950- editor.
Format Book
PublicationMacon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxxxviii, 92 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems. Selections
Contents Foreword / Christopher Dickey -- Acknowledgments -- Commentary / Gordon Van Ness -- Editorial Note -- Photographs -- Death, and the Day's Light-Two Poems: Son and His Mother -- Conch -- The Drift-Spell -- Last Hours -- The Confederate Line at Ogeechee Creek -- Entering Scott's Night -- Two Poems on the Survival of the Male Body -- Show Us the Sea -- For Jules Bacon -- Afterword / Dave Smith -- Index
Abstract Death, and the Day's Light, the volume of poetry James Dickey was working on when he died, offers the writer's final views on love and death, fathers and sons, and war and resurrection.
General noteIncludes index.
Genre/formPoetry.
Genre/formPoetry.
LCCN 2015410769
ISBN9780881465198 (hbk.)
ISBN0881465194 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3554 .I32 A6 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold