The Absurd Man: Poems
by Major Jackson
Publication Date: Feb 11, 2020
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781324004554
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Inspired by the philosophy of Albert Camus, Major Jackson’s fifth volume subtly configures the poet as "absurd hero." With intense musicality and buoyant lyricism, The Absurd Man follows the titular speaker as he confronts the struggle for meaning in a technological world and the difficulty of social and political unity, finding refuge in intellectual and sensuous passions. At once melancholic and jubilant, Jackson considers the journey of humanity, with all its foibles, as a sacred pattern of discovery reconciled by art and the imagination.
From "The Absurd Man at Fourteen"
He punched her again, a woman called the house,
some yelling then us out the door leaving
the kitchen phone cord swinging.
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