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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Eastern Washington Univ Pr
Publication date
June 1, 1997
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780910055314
ISBN-10
0910055319
Dimensions
0.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: It is Diana O'Hehir's great gift as a writer that she can encompass in language as bright and faceted as garlands of jewels the most bewildering of our common human experiences and the deepest most troublesome of our emotions, without allowing them the complexity or sentimentality which so often attends their expression. With the glyphs of ancient Egypt shadowing the voice and temperament of a fin de siécle Californian, this remarkable poetâalready widely reputed for her previous collections of poetry and her distinguished fictionâhas written a sequence of poems which are exactly what the title indicates, enchantments by which we avert the re-living of experiences too painful to keep contemplating. Ironically, of course, it is only by such contemplation that these "spells" achieve their great potency. Those who read and re-read these poems (few would read them just once) must find themselves, each time, purged in spirit as the rituals from the Book of the Dead effected their catharsis on Diana O'Hehir's ancient precursors.
Editions
Hardcover
from Eastern Washington Univ Pr (June 1, 1997)
9780910055307 | details & prices | 68 pages | 7.25 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.95
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Eastern Washington Univ Pr (June 1, 1997)
9780910055314 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.95
About: It is Diana O'Hehir's great gift as a writer that she can encompass in language as bright and faceted as garlands of jewels the most bewildering of our common human experiences and the deepest most troublesome of our emotions, without allowing them the complexity or sentimentality which so often attends their expression.
About: It is Diana O'Hehir's great gift as a writer that she can encompass in language as bright and faceted as garlands of jewels the most bewildering of our common human experiences and the deepest most troublesome of our emotions, without allowing them the complexity or sentimentality which so often attends their expression.
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