"Achieving a poetry of mystery, dark import, and primitive power, The Impstone is Susan Musgrave's best and most haunting collection to date. Through themes drawn from witchcraft and Celtic and North American Indian mythology, she has fashioned her own myths, creating them with ineffably subtle artistry and glazing them with piercingly accurate insights into human relationships. She brings to these poems an intensity of emotion, a commanding mastery of technique, and a remarkably mature poetic voice-all the elements of an impressive volume of verse."--
Record details
ISBN:9780771066542
ISBN:0771066546
Physical Description:112 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Toronto, Ontario : McClelland and Stewart, 1976.
Summary: "Achieving a poetry of mystery, dark import, and primitive power, The Impstone is Susan Musgrave's best and most haunting collection to date. Through themes drawn from witchcraft and Celtic and North American Indian mythology, she has fashioned her own myths, creating them with ineffably subtle artistry and glazing them with piercingly accurate insights into human relationships. She brings to these poems an intensity of emotion, a commanding mastery of technique, and a remarkably mature poetic voice-all the elements of an impressive volume of verse."--