Major Jackson

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The Absurd Man: PoemsPaperback, 24 August 2021

The Absurd Man: Poems
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Print Length
112 pages
Language
English
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published
24 Aug 2021
ISBN-10
0393867412
ISBN-13
9780393867411

Description

Inspired by Albert Camus's seminal Myth of Sisyphus, Major Jackson's fifth volume subtly configures the poet as "absurd hero" and plunges headfirst into a search for stable ground in an unstable world. We follow Jackson's restless, vulnerable speaker as he ponders creation in the face of meaninglessness, chronicles an increasingly technological world and the difficulty of social and political unity, probes a failed marriage, and grieves his lost mother with a stunning, lucid lyricism.

The arc of a man emerges; he bravely confronts his past, including his betrayals and his mistakes, and questions who he is as a father, as a husband, as a son, and as a poet. With intense musicality and verve, The Absurd Man also faces outward, finding refuge in intellectual and sensuous passions. At once melancholic and jubilant, Jackson considers the journey of humanity, with all its foibles, as a sacred pattern of discovery reconciled by art and the imagination.

Product Details

Author:
Major Jackson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 August 2021
Dimensions:
21.11 x 15.8 x 0.86 cm
Genre:
African American
ISBN-10:
0393867412
ISBN-13:
9780393867411
Language:
English
Pages:
112
Weight:
122.47 gm

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