Guy Davenport Quote

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another acre or so of being worth our venturing upon.


The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays (ed. 1997)


The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another...

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another...

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another...

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another...