Proofs and Theories

Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureProofs and Theories winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Non-Fictionis an illuminating collection of essays by Louise Glck one of this country''s most brilliant poets.Like her poems the prose of Glck who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1993 for The Wild Iris is compressed fastidious fierce alert and absolutely unconsoled. The force of her thought is evident everywhere in these essays from her explorations of other poets'' work to her skeptical contemplation of current literary critical notions such as sincerity and courage. Here also are Glck''s revealing reflections on her own education and life as a poet and a tribute to her teacher and mentor Stanley Kunitz.Proofs and Theoriesis not a casual collection. It is the testament of a major poet.