SLOW MUSIC

by Genevieve Taggard ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Sometimes fanciful, sometimes profound, brightly-hued and yet often obscure, Genevieve Taggard goes her own highly individualistic way in this slim sheaf of her latest collected poems. To use her own earlier phrase, her words are often ""enamelled"", but her thought is no less often unclear. This verse falls within the group of modern poetry which must be known as private. One must know the background, personal history of the writer. There are a few clues here: Genevieve Taggard was born and brought up in Hawaii, has travelled extensively in Mexico. Her poetry, taking into account her own light and somewhat elfin approach, is a mixture of interest in myths of the Indians, Mexicans, South Sea Islanders, a strong personal lyric sense, a definite if not quite lucid intellectual quality, and a feminine view of life. She has had for a long time a wide and devoted following.

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Publisher: Harper

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1946

Categories: NONFICTION