Download or read book The Little Field of Self written by Doreen Gildroy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-04-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a castle and on its grounds in Brittany, The Little Field of Self is one long poem comprised of individual poems that articulate the essence of devotion and the conflict within the devoted. With surprising inventiveness and technical skill, and without ornamentation, self-consciousness, or self-display, Doreen Gildroy has forged an original poetic style that renders inner being authentically and convincingly.