A Defense of Poetry (Pitt Poetry Series) - Softcover

Gudding, Gabriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822957868 ISBN 13: 9780822957867

Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Winner of the 2001 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
Runner-up, Society of Midland Authors 2002 Poetry Prize

Gabriel Gudding’s poems not only defend against the pretense and vanity of war, violence, and religion, but also against the vanity of poetry itself. These poems sometimes nestle in the lowest regions of the body, and depict invective, donnybrooks, chase scenes, and the abuse of animals, as well as the indignities and bumblings of the besotted, the lustful, the annoyed, and the stupid.

In short, Gudding seeks to reclaim the lowbrow. Dangerous, edgy, and dark, this is an innovative writer unafraid to attack the unremitting high seriousness of so much poetry, laughing with his readers as he twists the elegiac lyric "I" into a pompous little clown.

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Gabriel Gudding is a 1998 recipient of The Nation Discovery Award and a 2001 Constance Saltonstall Individual Artist’s Grant. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at Illinois State University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0822957868
• ISBN 13: 9780822957867
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
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