Boland, Eavan: Against Love Poetry

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Norton, paperback Publication Date: April 01, 2003 Publisher Marketing: These powerful poems are written against the perfections and idealizations of traditional love poetry. The m an and woman in these poems are husband and wife, custodians of ordinary, aging human love. They are not figures in a love poem. Time is their essential witness, and not their destroyer. A New York Times Notable Book and a Newsday Favorite Book of 2001. Show more