{"product_id":"no-messages-robert-hahn-9780268036539","title":"No Messages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Messages\u003c\/em\u003e, the 2001 winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize, is Robert Hahn's second major collection of poetry. In commenting on Hahn's collection \u003cem\u003eAll Clear\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Howard called attention to Hahn's ability \"to ground his perceptions, his discoveries in a specific circumstance . . . to reach the risen condition, the state beyond, which is the purpose of all his poems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward's analysis anticipates the poems of \u003cem\u003eNo Messages\u003c\/em\u003e, which focus on particular places and characters while they progress, through motions of the mind and maneuvers of language, toward a \"state beyond,\" which involves a reformulating or a reseeing--reconfigurations of an apprehended world through language and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its exploration of the seams and the seamlessness of language and reality, \u003cem\u003eNo Messages\u003c\/em\u003e is an apt introduction to the new millennium. The \"no messages\" of the title reflects a basic tension in contemporary poetry, between its claim to exist in the realms of language and structure, and its sense of responsibility to render the world in its actuality, in a clarified or confronted state. A striking balance of this tension is found in the collection's central section, a suite of poems responding to the influence of James Merrill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003cem\u003eNo Messages\u003c\/em\u003e is devoted to revisionings of the world in language, it remains grounded in circumstance and place and in the actions and convictions of historical figures. The book opens with John Knox on the beach at St. Andrews in Scotland and closes with John Brown on the bank of the Pottowatamie River in Kansas. Between these two shores, \u003cem\u003eNo Messages\u003c\/em\u003e describes a series of luminous arcs connecting this world and the world beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Hahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268036535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268036539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 77 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Robert Hahn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637127856383,"sku":"9780268036539","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2726a55-0ce4-4d41-9fd1-0aa207e664a1.jpg?v=1765114090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-messages-robert-hahn-9780268036539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}