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9780911198713 Academic Inspection Copy

The Artist and the Crow

  • ISBN-13: 9780911198713
  • Publisher: PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Dan Stryk
  • Price: AUD $23.99
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  • Local release date: 30/03/1985
  • Format: Paperback 75 pages Weight: 172g
  • Categories: Poetry [DC]
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Set in a variety of landscapes, this collection of poems blends diverse cultural experiences through the poet's unifying eye: the watchful, patient eye of the crow. The poet's sympathetic vision shows his love for the physical world through which he moves and for the humanity he encounters. In the first two sections, Cornlands and London Poems, the collection moves from the cornbelt of rural Illinois to a modern vision of Samuel Johnson's bustling London. Within the third section, Scenes from a Tragicomedy, the poems shift to a variety of locations and are sometimes rooted in conceptual landscapes. Finally in Of Blight and Faith, the poet's tone grows more sober, reserved, and personal as he speaks of human courage and affirmation in a world frequently swirling with chaos.
A lover of cultural diversity, Dan Stryk has lived and traveled in various parts of the world, including Japan, Iran, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Scotland -- while often residing in London, England, where he was born. After spending much of his settled life in the Midwestern heartland of Illinois, Dan now lives in Bristol, Virginia, with his wife, the artist Suzanne Stryk (cover illustrator of this collection). He is currently a Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Virginia Intermont College and his poems have been anthologized and appeared in numerous journals and periodicals.
. . . a contemporary poet whose expressive voice and sharp eyes give us the disturbing beauty of the world."-The Chariton Review
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