Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Australian & Oceanian, Poetry
Cover of the book Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty by Ian Wedde, Auckland University Press
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Author: Ian Wedde ISBN: 9781775582199
Publisher: Auckland University Press Publication: September 28, 2006
Imprint: Auckland University Press Language: English
Author: Ian Wedde
ISBN: 9781775582199
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Publication: September 28, 2006
Imprint: Auckland University Press
Language: English

This collection of poetry features five extended poems that explore the concept of beauty and the nature of language, discussing serious philosophical ideas with zest, energy, wit, and humor. A unique volume featuring remembered and misremembered song lyrics from John Lennon, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ryan Adams, and Courtney Love, among others, it also includes fragments from philosophers and poets of the sublime, especially William Wordsworth and John Ruskin, and from religious texts such as the Bible and the Tao-Te Ching. Through glimpses of imperfection, Wedde offers a fresh take on the familiar, sparking a new vision of the world and its wonders.

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This collection of poetry features five extended poems that explore the concept of beauty and the nature of language, discussing serious philosophical ideas with zest, energy, wit, and humor. A unique volume featuring remembered and misremembered song lyrics from John Lennon, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ryan Adams, and Courtney Love, among others, it also includes fragments from philosophers and poets of the sublime, especially William Wordsworth and John Ruskin, and from religious texts such as the Bible and the Tao-Te Ching. Through glimpses of imperfection, Wedde offers a fresh take on the familiar, sparking a new vision of the world and its wonders.

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