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What Though the Field Be Lost: Poems (edição 2021)

por Christopher Kempf (Autor)

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""What Though the Field Be Lost" uses the battlefield there as setting and subject for poetry that engages with ongoing conversations about race, regional identity, and the ethics of memory in the United States. With compassion and empathy, as well as humor and humility, Kempf stitches documentary details-incorporating language from monuments, soldiers' letters, and eyewitness accounts of the battle-alongside personal moments and reflections that capture the overlapping planes of historical past and public present. Milton's famously charismatic Satan offers a model of the allure in which evil can be veiled, as Kempf investigates the ambivalences and evasions involved in any understanding of national, or nationalist, identity. The author's experiences living in Gettysburg are read, in turn, against Milton's account of Adam and Eve, the book's title alluding to the fact that, though the Civil War itself may be over, the field of Gettysburg remains contested. Throughout, Kempf intercuts historical materials with references to contemporary social and political unrest, including monument protests, police shootings, and often-heated battle reenactments. Shuttling deftly between past and present, "What Though the Field Be Lost" examines the many pasts that inhere, now and forever, in the places we occupy"--… (mais)
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Título:What Though the Field Be Lost: Poems
Autores:Christopher Kempf (Autor)
Informação:LSU Press (2021), 96 pages
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While the description on this one sounded intriguing, I found the juxtaposition of the Civil War with Hyundais, Dubai, Sirius, the Kiwanis Club, Sheetz's, Fanta, and other things from other eras distracting. I never quite understood what message the poet attempted to convey. I'm sure others will enjoy it much more than I did, but the collection didn't work for me. It was supposedly inspired by the poet's visit to Gettysburg and contains theme relevant to social justice. I received a copy from the publisher through Edelweiss for review purposes. No official review was required, but they are appreciated. ( )
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""What Though the Field Be Lost" uses the battlefield there as setting and subject for poetry that engages with ongoing conversations about race, regional identity, and the ethics of memory in the United States. With compassion and empathy, as well as humor and humility, Kempf stitches documentary details-incorporating language from monuments, soldiers' letters, and eyewitness accounts of the battle-alongside personal moments and reflections that capture the overlapping planes of historical past and public present. Milton's famously charismatic Satan offers a model of the allure in which evil can be veiled, as Kempf investigates the ambivalences and evasions involved in any understanding of national, or nationalist, identity. The author's experiences living in Gettysburg are read, in turn, against Milton's account of Adam and Eve, the book's title alluding to the fact that, though the Civil War itself may be over, the field of Gettysburg remains contested. Throughout, Kempf intercuts historical materials with references to contemporary social and political unrest, including monument protests, police shootings, and often-heated battle reenactments. Shuttling deftly between past and present, "What Though the Field Be Lost" examines the many pasts that inhere, now and forever, in the places we occupy"--

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