Love and the Soul

by Alan Williamson

Overview

In Love and the Soul's title poem, a male speaker asks "not to believe/that what lights up the world from within is always the wrong thing" and is answered by a female speaker midway through the book who says "I don't think men and women/are meant to have relationships any more." Between these poles, Williamson's powerful collection explores the enormous burden of expectation that our culture has placed on love and its gifts to the soul.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226899329
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Series:	Phoenix Poets
Edition description:	1
Pages:	74
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alan Williamson is professor of English at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of four books of poems, most recently Love and the Soul and Res Publica, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Author Reconsiders
Epilogue
Love and the Soul
Two People in Two Houses on a Hill
April and May
Wires at Inspiration Point
Letter to Santa Fe
November and December
The Puccini Record Again, after a Year
The Etruscan Couple in the Villa Giulia
Landfall
Deb's Dream about Pavese
The Minoan Distance
Domestic Architecture
Wide-Angle Shot: Return to Snowy River
The Ambivalent Man
Forest Street
Rilke's Argument with Don Giovanni
The Moments
Your Forest-Moonlight Picture
Toward the New Year
Unanticipated Mirrors
Enthusiasm
Fire and Flood
Highway Restaurant
For My Daughter, Leaving
Tidepools
Notes

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 29 precisely-written, highly personal poems addressing such topics as the dissolution of love or marriage, solitude, a daughter's departure. The author is an English professor at the U. of California-Davis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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