| Deeds of Utmost Kindness Contributor(s): Gander, Forrest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819512125 ISBN-13: 9780819512123 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 Annotation: A haunting and peculiar travelogue, Deeds of the Utmost Kindness employs forms as diverse as haiku and prose poetry in settings that range from Japan to the rural Ozarks to contemporary Moscow. The compelling strangeness of the poems' precise details exposes varied rhythms of thought and illustrated how different logics work in the metaphoric structures of changing places . Yet behind the uneasy sense of dislocation felt by the constant traveler lies the personal, essentially moral, voice of the poet as observer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 93017845 |
| Series: Wesleyan Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.34" W x 9.16" (0.34 lbs) 86 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A travelogue that employs diverse settings and styles of poetry. A haunting and peculiar travelogue, Deeds of the Utmost Kindness employs forms as diverse as haiku and prose poetry in settings that range from Japan to the rural Ozarks to contemporary Moscow. The compelling strangeness of the poems' precise details exposes varied rhythms of thought and illustrated how different logics work in the metaphoric structures of changing places . Yet behind the uneasy sense of dislocation felt by the constant traveler lies the personal, essentially moral, voice of the poet as observer. |