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The First Four Books of Poems

by Louise Gluck · 1990 · 240 pages

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The fierce, austerely beautiful voice that has become Gluck's trademark speaks in these poems of a life lived in unflinching awareness. Includes "Firstborn", "The House on Marshland", "Descending Figure", and "The Triumph of Achilles".

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Themes
writers
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
Form
poetry

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