About the book
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In Vita Nova, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that shape and thwart it
Since Ararat in 1990, Louise Glück has been exploring a form that is, according to the poet, Robert Hass, her invention. Vita Nova--like its immediate predecessors, a booklength sequence--combines the ecstatic utterance of The Wild Iris with the worldly dramas elaborated in Meadowlands. Vita Nova is a book that exists in the long moment of spring: a book of deaths and beginnings, resignation and hope; brutal, luminous, and far-seeing.
Like late Yeats, Vita Nova dares large statement. By turns stern interlocutor and ardent novitiate, Glück compasses the essential human paradox. In Vita Nova, Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that thwart and shape it.
This landmark collection of contemporary American poetry explores the essential human paradox through:
- Lyrical Poetry: Experience the ecstatic utterance and stern, far-seeing voice that defined a Nobel laureate, where every line is crafted with brutal and luminous precision.
- Mythological Themes: Journey with figures like Orpheus, Eurydice, and Dido as their ancient stories are recast into modern dramas of the heart and its desires.
- A Booklength Sequence: Discover the unique, inventive form where individual poems build into a singular, powerful narrative arc of death, beginning, resignation, and hope.
- Contemplations on Love and Loss: A terrifyingly honest perspective on the smallest human hopes and the vast forces that thwart them, set in the long, transformative moment of spring.
Editions of Vita Nova
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780060957957
- EBook
- ISBN 9780063117631
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In Vita Nova, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that shape and thwart it
Since Ararat in 1990, Louise Glück has been exploring a form that is, according to the poet, Robert Hass, her invention. Vita Nova--like its immediate predecessors, a booklength sequence--combines the ecstatic utterance of The Wild Iris with the worldly dramas elaborated in Meadowlands. Vita Nova is a book that exists in the long moment of spring: a book of deaths and beginnings, resignation and hope; brutal, luminous, and far-seeing.
Like late Yeats, Vita Nova dares large statement. By turns stern interlocutor and ardent novitiate, Glück compasses the essential human paradox. In Vita Nova, Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that thwart and shape it.
This landmark collection of contemporary American poetry explores the essential human paradox through:
- Lyrical Poetry: Experience the ecstatic utterance and stern, far-seeing voice that defined a Nobel laureate, where every line is crafted with brutal and luminous precision.
- Mythological Themes: Journey with figures like Orpheus, Eurydice, and Dido as their ancient stories are recast into modern dramas of the heart and its desires.
- A Booklength Sequence: Discover the unique, inventive form where individual poems build into a singular, powerful narrative arc of death, beginning, resignation, and hope.
- Contemplations on Love and Loss: A terrifyingly honest perspective on the smallest human hopes and the vast forces that thwart them, set in the long, transformative moment of spring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vita Nova about?
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In Vita Nova, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that shape and thwart it
Since Ararat in 1990, Louise Glück has been exploring a form that is, according to the poet, Robert Hass, her invention. Vita Nova--like its immediate predecessors, a booklength sequence--combines the ecstatic utterance of The Wild Iris with the worldly dramas elaborated in Meadowlands. Vita Nova is a book that exists in the long moment of spring: a book of deaths and beginnings, resignation and hope; brutal, luminous, and far-seeing.
Like late Yeats, Vita Nova dares large statement. By turns stern interlocutor and ardent novitiate, Glück compasses the essential human paradox. In Vita Nova, Louise Glück manages the apparently impossible: a terrifying act of perspective that brings into resolution the smallest human hope and the vast forces that thwart and shape it.
This landmark collection of contemporary American poetry explores the essential human paradox through:
- Lyrical Poetry: Experience the ecstatic utterance and stern, far-seeing voice that defined a Nobel laureate, where every line is crafted with brutal and luminous precision.
- Mythological Themes: Journey with figures like Orpheus, Eurydice, and Dido as their ancient stories are recast into modern dramas of the heart and its desires.
- A Booklength Sequence: Discover the unique, inventive form where individual poems build into a singular, powerful narrative arc of death, beginning, resignation, and hope.
- Contemplations on Love and Loss: A terrifyingly honest perspective on the smallest human hopes and the vast forces that thwart them, set in the long, transformative moment of spring.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Vita Nova?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of Vita Nova?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780060957957
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Vita Nova?
Louise Gluck
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Vita Nova is available as paperback(ISBN 9780060957957) and ebook(ISBN 9780063117631)
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