Earnest, Earnest? : Poems
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Pitt Poetry Series
ISBN-10
0822966301
ISBN-13
9780822966302
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 8th, 2020
Print length
62 Pages
Weight
118 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 20.30 x 0.70 cms
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Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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Silver Medal, 2020 Florida Book AwardIn Earnest, Earnest?, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover’s name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time.
Winner, 2019 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize | Finalist, 2021 Eric Hoffer Award | Silver Medal, 2020 Florida Book AwardIn Earnest, Earnest?, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover’s name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time. While Earnest can be read literally as Eleanor’s lover, he is best understood as another side of the poet’s self. The ambiguity at play in Earnest, Earnest? is embodied in the form of the “Earnest Postcards” that structure the book—these postcards are experimental in their use of images and formal in their dialogue with the sonnet. Thus, Earnest, Earnest? is a question of tone, address, and form.
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