9%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Controvertibles (Pitt Poetry Series)
Quan Barry
€ 17.99
€ 16.33
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Controvertibles (Pitt Poetry Series)
Paperback. Quan Barry examines cultural objects by lifting them out of their usual settings and repositioning them in front of new, disparate backdrops to explore the multifaceted nature of existence. Series: Pitt Poetry Series. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
Controvertibles features more of the refined brilliance and delicate lyricism of this poet, cast in a more meditative mode. Throughout, she examines cultural objects by lifting them out of their usual settings and repositioning them in front of new, disparate backdrops. Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass and Rutger Hauer's role in Blade Runner are contextualized within the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bob Beamon's world-record-setting long jump in the 1968 Olympics is slowed down and examined in the style of The Matrix's revolutionary bullet time.
Samantha Smith, Richard Nixon, the Shroud of Turin, Igor Stravinsky, the largo from ... Read more
Controvertibles features more of the refined brilliance and delicate lyricism of this poet, cast in a more meditative mode. Throughout, she examines cultural objects by lifting them out of their usual settings and repositioning them in front of new, disparate backdrops. Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass and Rutger Hauer's role in Blade Runner are contextualized within the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bob Beamon's world-record-setting long jump in the 1968 Olympics is slowed down and examined in the style of The Matrix's revolutionary bullet time.
Samantha Smith, Richard Nixon, the Shroud of Turin, Igor Stravinsky, the largo from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Pitt Poetry Series
Condition
New
Weight
119g
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822958604
SKU
V9780822958604
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Quan Barry
Quan Barry is the author of two previous poetry collections: Asylum and Controvertibles. She is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.
Reviews for Controvertibles (Pitt Poetry Series)
Poetry's mission, its pleasure, has always been transformative. Things become other things and, as witnesses to this feat, we are turned more fully into ourselves. In Controvertibles Quan Barry intensifies with great pleasure, and updates with great intelligence, this basic poetic formula.... This revivifying young poet writes with precision, originality, and fabulous lyrical skill. - David Baker