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A unique sequence of narrative poems focusing on Galileo's life, relationships, and work. George Keithley provides one of the most personal portraits of the astronomer ever written.

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A notable event in poetry; an experiment that triumphantly succeeds.-X. J. Kennedy; ""A truly remarkable, and moving, series of poems.""-Jane Hirshfield; ""Stubborn, irascible, truth-obsessed, Galileo is a living presence, his Venice teeming with Carnevale, fearful of the Inquisition, vividly realized in The Starry Messenger.""-Daniel Hoffman; ""Keithley's talent is remarkable; he seems to possess Whitman's visionary imagination, that rare ability to evoke powerful, scaled-down, lyric details in the service of a vast structure.""-Joyce Carol Oates in The American Poetry Review

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    A Paperback by George Keithley

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      Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780822958161, 978-0822958161
      ISBN10: 0822958163

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A unique sequence of narrative poems focusing on Galileo's life, relationships, and work. George Keithley provides one of the most personal portraits of the astronomer ever written.

      Trade Review
      A notable event in poetry; an experiment that triumphantly succeeds.-X. J. Kennedy; ""A truly remarkable, and moving, series of poems.""-Jane Hirshfield; ""Stubborn, irascible, truth-obsessed, Galileo is a living presence, his Venice teeming with Carnevale, fearful of the Inquisition, vividly realized in The Starry Messenger.""-Daniel Hoffman; ""Keithley's talent is remarkable; he seems to possess Whitman's visionary imagination, that rare ability to evoke powerful, scaled-down, lyric details in the service of a vast structure.""-Joyce Carol Oates in The American Poetry Review

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