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Earthly Virtues

ISBN-13: 9780143138495

Author(s): Carl Dennis

Subjects: Poetry

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books - USA

Publication Date: 07-04-2026

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£17.99

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About the book

Though most of the virtues that interest Carl Dennis in Earthly Virtues have traditional names, they are provided with contexts that give them fresh implications, moving us in two directions at once, toward a recognition of limits and a recognition of possibilities. On one hand, they confront what it means to lack the knowledge and power we need to make our lives as consequential as we may want them to be. On the other, they reach out to widen the circle of our concern, suggesting a kinship of the local with the distant, enlarging the passing moment with history and prophecy. Wherever the poems turn, they prove spacious enough to take us with them, and they leave us grateful for the journey.

Earthly Virtues

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