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From the Fire Hills /

In From the Fire Hills, poet Chad Davidson shows us an Italy that is far from the romanticized notions of sun-drenched fields and self-discovery. Instead we see a maelstrom of chaos and contradiction, a place where the frenetic pace of modernity is locked in a daily struggle with recalcitrant histor...

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Auteur principal: Davidson, Chad, 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:In From the Fire Hills, poet Chad Davidson shows us an Italy that is far from the romanticized notions of sun-drenched fields and self-discovery. Instead we see a maelstrom of chaos and contradiction, a place where the frenetic pace of modernity is locked in a daily struggle with recalcitrant history. This autobiographical collection explores the myriad ways in which Italian culture survives its own parodies and evokes a modern ferocity that harkens back to Italy's barbarian past. As the narrator, rendered vulnerable by language, embarks on his journey, lines of locat.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (88 pages).
ISBN:9780809333240