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God be with the clown : humor in American poetry / Ronald Wallace.
LIBRA Special PS309.H85 W3 1984
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallace, Ronald
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humorous poetry, American--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor.
- Humorous poetry, American.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 235 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [1984]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Take care to sell your horse before he dies
- Walt Whitman: Stucco'd with quadrupeds and birds all over
- Emily Dickinson: A day! Help! Help! Another day!
- Robert Frost: Fighting on both sides at once
- Wallace Stevens: The revenge of music on bassoons
- John Berryman: Me, wag
- Envoi: Dance with Dread and Tweedle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wallace, Ronald. God be with the clown.
- ISBN:
- 0826204228
- 9780826204226
- OCLC:
- 9896294
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