Dante in China - Paperback
by John Barr
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Red Hen PressISBN-13:9781597090414ISBN-10:1597090417UPC:9781597090414Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCYZ1QNWXC
Dante in China
In John Barr's poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante on a beach in China beholds the Inferno: "Flaring well gas night and day, / towers rise as if to say, / Pollution can be beautiful." Bach's final fugue informs all of nature. Villon is admonished by an aging courtesan. Aristotle finds "Demagogues are the insects of politics. / Like water beetles they stay afloat / on...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Red Hen PressISBN-13:9781597090414ISBN-10:1597090417UPC:9781597090414Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCYZ1QNWXC
Barr, John: - John Barr was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up in a rural township outside of Chicago. Graduating from Harvard College on a Navy scholarship, he served five years on ships including three tours to Vietnam. Over a thirty-year career as an investment banker, he was Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and founded three startups. He has taught in the Graduate Writing Program at...
Publisher: Red Hen Press
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