| The Milk of Inquiry Contributor(s): Koestenbaum, Wayne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892552395 ISBN-13: 9780892552399 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: More meditative, more provocative than his previous, much-praised work, The Milk of Inquiry is Koestenbaum's strongest collection to date. Its most ambitious gesture is a long poem, "Metamorphoses (Masked Ball), " a sequence of 115 bawdy, speedy sonnets, spoken by mythological figures ghosting as historical personages -- among them, Orpheus speaking as Elvis, Proserpina speaking as Freud, Adonis speaking as Cleopatra, and Daphne speaking as Wilde. Short lyrics that show this opulent writer at his most austere and a long autobiographical poem round out the collection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 98-50497 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 4.99" W x 7.97" (0.37 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More meditative, more provocative than his previous, much-praised work, The Milk of Inquiry is Koestenbaum's strongest collection to date. Its most ambitious gesture is a long poem, Metamorphoses (Masked Ball), a sequence of 115 bawdy, speedy sonnets, spoken by mythological figures ghosting as historical personages-among them, Orpheus speaking as Elvis, Proserpina speaking as Freud, Adonis speaking as Cleopatra, and Daphne speaking as Wilde. Short lyrics that show this opulent writer at his most austere and a long autobiographical poem round out the collection. |