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- Ledger
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
- Series: Iowa Poetry Prize
summary
The many meanings of “economy” are the ground for the mediation and lament of Ledger, Susan Wheeler’s fourth book. In its Greek origins, economy referred to the stewardship of a household and, as it developed, the word also came to include aspects of government and of religious faith. Ledger places an individual’s crisis of spirituality and personal stewardship, or management of her resources, against a backdrop of a culture that has focused its “economy” on financial gain and has misspent its own tangible and intangible resources.
Table of Contents
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- TItle Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-vi
- Loss Lieder
- pp. 1-2
- Proper Return
- Doubled Indemnity
- p. 11
- Each's Cot an Alter Then
- pp. 12-16
- Short Shrift
- pp. 17-28
- Surfeit
- Hand, Mouth, Market
- pp. 31-32
- Good Goods
- p. 33
- Romanticism
- pp. 37-38
- Money and God
- pp. 39-50
- Depleted Stocks
- Barry Lyndon in Spring Lake, 1985
- pp. 56-57
- Port in the Airport
- p. 59
- Toward Autumn
- p. 60
- Overtaxed Lament
- pp. 61-62
- The Debtor in the Convex Mirror
- pp. 63-80
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 81-84
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587296017
Related ISBN(s)
9780877459279
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
646887671
Pages
94
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005