Burn and Dodge

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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WINNER OF THE 2007 DONALD HALL PRIZE IN POETRYSelected by Bob HicokBurn and Dodge is part serious/part serious play and opens with a frank and occasionally antic exploration of contemporary vices, such as Guilt, Envy, and Regret. Some poems \u201cdodge\u201d such preoccupations by playing with a nonce form called sonnet/ghazal. The collection contains a sequence of poems called \u201cCurrent Events,\u201d based on newspaper stories. that is also a playful meditation on the nature of the interrogative pronouns (Who, What, Where, When . . . ) as well as another series of homophonic sonnets called \u201cClare-Hewn,\u201d which are aural \u201ctranslations\u201d of John Clare.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-10-21
Mått150 x 230 x 9 mm
Vikt209 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePitt Poetry Series
Antal sidor80
FörlagUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN9780822960058

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