"Elizabeth Seydel Morgan's Without a Philosophy explores the times when a clear solution does not exist, when we find ourselves in "those darknesses between," where life appears nothing like certainty. In poems about the illness and death of a beloved man, the speaker asks the "unanswered questions" which are inevitably raised by the experience of grief, about the "impossibility of gauging distances" between souls. We see a life wi ..."
"In her second collection of verse Elizabeth Seydel Morgan establishes herself as a poet of fierce honesty and originality. The Governor of Desire examines the world through the lens of our emotions, a perspective from which we see how everything connects―nature, politics, passion, terror, anger, grief.Morgan’s poems are miracles of perception and grace. They shine with the sort of luster that comes only with unrelenting rigor and flawle ..."
On Long Mountain(1st Edition) Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan Paperback, 58 Pages, Published 1998 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2253-2, ISBN: 0-8071-2253-X
"On Long Mountain, in Virginia, one can hike a stretch of the Appalachian Trail or walk the old wagon road that Shenandoah farmers traveled to deliver their goods over the Blue Ridge Mountains east to the James River markets. Also on Long Mountain is the 180-year-old log house where Elizabeth Seydel Morgan wrote, or was inspired to write, many of the poems in this exquisite collection.Though solitude and the abundant natural world in the ..."
Parties Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan Paperback, 53 Pages, Published 1988 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-1475-9, ISBN: 0-8071-1475-8
"The poems in Elizabeth Morgan’s first full-length collection celebrate the joy and confront the contradictions of human relationships, the heart’s capacity to expand with love or contract with sorrow and pain. In a poetic voice that combines confidence and rigorous honesty with vulnerability, and simplicity of expression with complexity of powerful emotion, Morgan offers us a singular vision of a life in process, sensitive to its own gr ..."
"... Electra); Elaine Terranova, poet and translator for this Penn Series, and David
Slavitt, my persuasive editor whom I finally met in Philadelphia. (That phi-word
again!) And 1 guess it isn't too odd to say that the new friend 1 feel closest to is
Euripides himself. Many of these new friends have books I enjoyed and learned
from — as 1 did from the writings of Edith Hamilton, D. J. Conacher, Oliver Taplin,
Bernard Knox, G. M. A. ..."
On Long Mountain Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan Hardcover, 58 Pages, Published 1998 by Louisiana State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2252-5, ISBN: 0-8071-2252-1
"Getting acquainted with local flora and fauna is the perfect way to begin to understand the wonder of nature. The natural environment of Southern Appalachia, with habitats that span the Blue Ridge to the Cumberland Plateau, is one of the most biodiverse on earth. A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia―a hybrid literary and natural history anthology―showcases sixty of the many species indigenous to the region.Ecologically, cultura ..."
"Part of the Penn Greek Drama Series, this text is the second of two volumes containing the works of Euripides. While remaining true to the originals, these translations avoid the literalism of previous translations, making these tragedies more accessible to general readers. Volume two contains: Hippolytus , Suppliant Women , Helen , Electra and Cyclops ."
Spans New and Selected Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2014 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-5706-0, ISBN: 0-8071-5706-6
"Through the poems in Spans, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan examines life from the perspective of one who appreciates the complexities of the world but finds pleasure in events as predictable as the changing of the seasons or as uncomplicated as a visit to an art museum. Morgan accepts the inevitability of change but mourns the loss of "what we don't know / that we cannot live without." By couching her wry insights in deceptively simple languag ..."
Parties Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan 53 Pages, Published 1988 by Louisiana State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-1474-2, ISBN: 0-8071-1474-X
Spans New and Selected Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan 142 Pages, Published 2014 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-5707-7, ISBN: 0-8071-5707-4
"Through the poems in Spans, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan examines life from the perspective of one who appreciates the complexities of the world but finds pleasure in events as predictable as the changing of the seasons or as uncomplicated as a ..."
"'Come on, come in, / knock me out,' she says in 'Enthusiasm,' and she does, too,
in poem after poem." — David R. Slavitt "These beautiful poems make me jealous
of the mind behind her eyes." — Shannon Ravenel "Vivid wordplay, a clear
singing, knockout endings — Elizabeth Seydel Morgan is grand with all of these
and more. The natural ease with which these poems pull the reader into the
poet's warm confidence is deceptive, because aga ..."
Without a Philosophy Poems [Mar 01, 2007] Morgan, ElizabethSeydel by ElizabethSeydelMorgan Hardcover, 67 Pages, Published 2007 by Louisiana State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-3229-6, ISBN: 0-8071-3229-2
"Poems Elizabeth Seydel Morgan. '□ □:-':- " V . ii? ... Long. Mountain. "Morgan's means are consistently up to her subjects, and her eye- always with its companionable glint — rarely misses the mark." — Poetry "Again and again, there are ..."
Spans New and Selected Poems by ElizabethSeydelMorgan 142 Pages, Published 2014 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-5708-4, ISBN: 0-8071-5708-2
"Through the poems in Spans, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan examines life from the perspective of one who appreciates the complexities of the world but finds pleasure in events as predictable as the changing of the seasons or as uncomplicated as a ..."