For Dear Life

In For Dear Life, with accessibility, wit, and humor, Ronald Wallace evokes a wide variety of subjects that range from the traditional themes of lyric poetry--love, death, sex, the natural world, marriage, birth, childhood, music, religion, art--to the most unexpected and quirky narratives--an ode to excrement, a catalogue of comic one-liners, a celebratory testimonial to his teeth.

Info autore

Ronald Wallace is the author of numerous books of poetry, including, most recently, For a Limited Time Only. He is codirector of the creative writing program, Halls-Bascom Professor of English, and Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Riassunto

With accessibility, wit, and humour, poet Ronald Wallace evokes a wide variety of subjects that range from the traditional themes of lyric poetry - love, death, sex, the natural world, marriage, birth, childhood, music, religion, art - to the most unexpected and quirky narratives - an ode to excrement, a catalogue of comic one-liners, a celebratory testimonial to his teeth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald Wallace
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780822963868
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6386-8
• Pagine: 88
• Peso: 159 g
• Serie: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata