Charles Wright: A Companion to the Late Poetry, 1988-2007

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This work offers a complete reader’s guide and handbook to the late poetry of author Charles Wright. It begins with a study of the poems in
Chickamauga
(1995), the earliest of which were published in the late 1980s, and continues through the seven volumes that followed:
Black Zodiac
(1997),
Appalachia
(1998),
North American Bear
(1999),
A Short History of the Shadow
(2002),
Buffalo Yoga
(2004),
Scar Tissue
(2006), and
Littlefoot
(2007). The author includes an annotated commentary for each of the 230 poems covered in the work, providing background information such as perceived influences, parallels to other poets, historical explanations, and biographical details.