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In Search of the Great Dead.
With grim humor and humorous grimness, In Search of the Great Dead engages the great themes of poetry: death and fame. The title poem of this collection records Richard Cecil's quest for the tombs of the famous dead. At first the search leads him on a tour of famous European tombstones-the grav...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Crab Orchard award series in poetry.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. In Search of the Great Dead; In Search of the Great Dead; La Notte; In Memoriam: for Lynda Hull; On the Observation Platform; The Autobiography of My House; This Train Isn't Bound for Glory; Charlie Chan Solves Another Murder; Ubi Sunt?; 2. Arrivals; Arrivals; Pilgrimage to Haworth; Angel Sighted from Airliner!; Room with View/Radio; Caliban and Ariel; Kearney, Nebraska; SpaceWalk; Jetlag Aubade; Life Is like a Mountain Railway; 3. Slow Poison; The Little Prince; How Fiction Ruined My Life; Why I Have No Children.
- Front Porch VisitingAdult Education; The Thinkers; Incident at Third andWoodlawn; Slow Poison; 4. Picnic in the Basement; Picnic in the Basement; Do It Yourself; TheWedding of M & R (after Lucan); My Muse; A Portrait of the Artist's Bedroom; Some Terms in Real Estate Defined; Decision at Silver Creek; 5. Living in Obscurity; Living in Obscurity; Authors in Hell; Narcissus Experiences Technical Difficulties; A Saint's Life; Fiftieth Birthday; Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Man; Life at the Top; Dressing forWork; The Education of a Professor; Thanatopsis; Back Cover.