American Melancholy: Poems
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- Narrator: Cheryl Smith
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 1:52:47
Synopsis
A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years
Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history.
Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious output of novels and short stories, many of which have become contemporary classics. However, Oates has also always been a faithful writer of poetry. American Melancholy showcases some of her finest work of the last few decades.
Covering subjects big and small, and written in an immediate and engaging style, this collection touches on both the personal and political. Loss, love, and memory are investigated, along with the upheavals of our modern age, the reality of our current predicaments, and the ravages of poverty, racism, and social unrest. Oates skillfully writes characters ranging from a former doctor at a Chinese People’s Liberation Army hospital to Little Albert, a six-month-old infant who took part in a famous study that revealed evidence of classical conditioning in human beings.
Chapters
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chapter 01
Duration: 43s -
chapter 02
Duration: 06s -
chapter 03
Duration: 36s -
chapter 04
Duration: 21s -
chapter 05
Duration: 06min -
chapter 06
Duration: 03min -
chapter 07
Duration: 07min -
chapter 08
Duration: 01min -
chapter 09
Duration: 01min -
chapter 10
Duration: 06min -
chapter 11
Duration: 06s -
chapter 12
Duration: 19s -
chapter 13
Duration: 16s -
chapter 14
Duration: 27s -
chapter 15
Duration: 20s -
chapter 16
Duration: 26s -
chapter 17
Duration: 01min -
chapter 18
Duration: 40s -
chapter 19
Duration: 07s -
chapter 20
Duration: 13min