Controvertibles
by
Quan Barry
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Pitt Poetry Series
ISBN-10
0822958600
ISBN-13
9780822958604
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 26th, 2004
Print length
72 Pages
Weight
120 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.20 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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Second book by an acclaimed young poet. This volume features more of Barry's refined brilliance and delicate lyricism, cast in a more meditative mode.
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 Handel's Xerxes, the resurrection of Lazarus, and the groundbreaking 1984 Apple Computer Super Bowl commercial are among the many disparate people and objects Barry uses to explore the multifaceted nature of existence.
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