The Country of Marriage

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The Country of Marriage (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

The lyric poems in The Country of Marriage celebrate Berry's rich and complex sense of place through the interlocking relationships of birth, marriage, livelihood, and heritage. The quiet, contemplative poems collected in this volume celebrate the land in its different moods and seasons. Through the dominant metaphors of marriage and husbandry, Berry invokes the deep and enduring relationship of his poetic persona, the “Mad Farmer,” to family, land, and place. Berry's poems recall another poetic commitment to a particular place: the growth of William Carlos Williams's poetry...

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• Wendell Berry (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
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• Wendell Berry (Long Fiction)
• Wendell Berry (Identities and Issues)