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- Devils & Islands: Poems
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Ohio University Press
summary
As he approaches eighty, Turner Cassity may finally be out of control. His hatchet has never fallen more lethally, meaning if you have the stomach for him he is more enjoyable than ever. Under the blade come Martha Graham, Johann Sebastian Bach, musicologists, tree huggers, Frank Gehry, folk music, folk art of all times and all places, folk. . . . There are, however, his unpredictable sympathies: Edith Wilson, skyscrapers, Pontius Pilate, Pilate’s legionnaires. He obviously has a soft spot for Pop Culture, although he cannot avoid seeing it de haut en bas.
As usual, he is all over the place geographically. One feels he would slash his wrists before he would write a poem about any city on the traditional Grand Tour. Manaus, Campeche, Trieste, Budapest (as destroyed by Godzilla)—these are his places. He has a disturbing willingness to write on both sides of an issue, resembling in this Bernard Shaw. You have to read very carefully to see whether he tips his hand.
One looks forward to Mr. Cassity’s posthumous poems, when he is beyond the reach of libel. For now, at least, we have Devils & Islands.
As usual, he is all over the place geographically. One feels he would slash his wrists before he would write a poem about any city on the traditional Grand Tour. Manaus, Campeche, Trieste, Budapest (as destroyed by Godzilla)—these are his places. He has a disturbing willingness to write on both sides of an issue, resembling in this Bernard Shaw. You have to read very carefully to see whether he tips his hand.
One looks forward to Mr. Cassity’s posthumous poems, when he is beyond the reach of libel. For now, at least, we have Devils & Islands.
Table of Contents
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- After the Fall
- pp. 3-4
- Amazonas.com
- p. 5
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- pp. 6-7
- The Last Newsboy
- p. 8
- Hitting the Silk
- p. 9
- Bargains Are by Definition Faustian
- pp. 10-11
- Energy Crises
- pp. 14-15
- Production Values
- pp. 17-18
- Gowns by Adrian
- p. 19
- Fashions of 1903
- pp. 22-23
- The Last Cigarette Girl
- pp. 24-25
- Edith and Woody and Nancy and Ronnie
- pp. 33-34
- Fishers of Men
- p. 35
- Unto Temptation
- pp. 36-37
- Guidelines for a Cover Illustration
- pp. 38-39
- The Last Chaperon
- p. 43
- The Passion of 1934
- pp. 45-46
- Administrating
- p. 47
- Self-Guided Tour
- pp. 49-50
- Report of the Monuments Commission
- pp. 51-52
- Soldiers Three in the Big Easy
- pp. 54-55
Additional Information
ISBN
9780804040303
Related ISBN(s)
9780804011020
MARC Record
OCLC
614482243
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No