Each letter is written from a specific place that Hugo has made his own (a "triggering town," as he has called it elsewhere) to a friend, a fellow poet, an old love. We read over the poet's shoulder as the town triggers the imagination, the friendship is re-opened, the poet's selfhood is explored and illuminated. The "dreams" turn up unexpectedly (as dreams do) among the letters; their haunting images give further depth to the poet's exploration. Are we overhearing them? Who is the "you" that dreams?
ISBN: | 9780393044904 |
Publication date: | 1st April 1977 |
Author: | Richard Hugo |
Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 80 pages |
Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies |