A Defense of Poetry
Gabriel Gudding$17.00
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 09/25/2002
ISBN: 9780822957867
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.52w x 0.30d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Nominee
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 09/25/2002
ISBN: 9780822957867
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.52w x 0.30d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Nominee