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Item Details
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DOUBLES
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| By: |
Robert Polito |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£21.00 |
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£18.90 |
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£2.10 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226673383 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226673387 |
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| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 October, 1995 |
| Series: |
Phoenix Poets |
| Pages: |
80 |
| Description: |
Ranging from lyricism to street slang, these poems are written on the theme of doubling, simulation, impersonation and mimicry. Together, they provide a vision of urban life. |
| Synopsis: |
"Doubles" is at once tough-minded and urbane, veering from lyricism to street slang, oscillating with the beat of the American city. As his title suggests, Polito's world is one of doubling, simulation, impersonation, and mimicry--a shrewd vision of urban life.Following are a few lines from his poem "Those Fireflies, for Instance" (which originally appeared in "Ploughshares" 5/2): ...Night lurches, repeats itself, Sees double in our little Glassed-in terrace garden. Winds down, as fog calms the city Spun from the blue smoke Running circles around us...Close one eye and think: Those fireflies, for instance, Winking at us as they luxuriate In the leaves of our tiny elastic ash, Their cool light calls back bright dayAs happily as they reflect the constellations Turning beyond the blue dome, motionless, above us. |
| Illustrations: |
Ill. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
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Returnable |
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