A Defense of Poetry - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822957867ISBN-10:822957868UPC:9780822957867Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanAward:2003 Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee - Poetry AwardSize:9.10 x 6.52 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.37Product ID:SCR6XXK14C
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822957867ISBN-10:822957868UPC:9780822957867Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanAward:2003 Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee - Poetry AwardSize:9.10 x 6.52 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.37Product ID:SCR6XXK14C
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.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
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🏆 2003 Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee - Poetry Award
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