| Caravaggio's Dagger: A Pursuit of Right Action Contributor(s): Slegtenhorst, Hendrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771800151 ISBN-13: 9781771800150 Publisher: Iguana Books OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2013464609 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.38 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many come to evil; many others search for a different way to be. Animated by the work of Caravaggio, Hendrik Slegtenhorst's poems inquire, what is a pursuit of right action? Caravaggio, the murderous, brilliant 16th-century painter, depicted the decapitation of John the Baptist at the moment the act is botched: jugular severed, head attached, the saint in agony - an exemplification of humanity's predilections. Early on, Slegtenhorst accepted Somerset Maugham's admonition of the error of adopting a course of action thought to be right, even though we knew it could not bring us happiness, ever. This is the central theme to Caravaggio's Dagger, a distillation of poems from several earlier books that measures aspects of the author's own life and awareness as a distinct individual animated by Canada and culture and guided by integrity and reason. |
