Popular Narratives

"Risque metaphors ... scandalously unpoetic ... a powerful alternative to the orthodoxy of poetic beauty."

A propos de l'auteur

Born in Vancouver, Frank Davey attended the University of British Columbia where he was a co-founder of the avant-garde poetry magazine TISH. Since 1963, he has been the editor-publisher of the poetics journal Open Letter. In addition, he co-founded the world's first on-line literary magazine, SwiftCurrent in 1984. Davey writes with a unique panache as he examines with humour and irony the ambiguous play of signs in contemporary culture, the popular stories that lie behind it, and the struggles between different identity-based groups in our globalizing society-racial, regional, gender-based, ethnic, economic-that drive this play.

Résumé

This book of prose poems strips down the codes and conventions that make up our society’s “popular narratives.” A revealing and witty, exploded view of our culture.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Frank Davey, Frank Davey
• Edition: Talonbooks
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 19.02.1991
• EAN: 9780889222854
• ISBN: 978-0-88922-285-4
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 214 mm x 8 mm
• Poids: 150 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée