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Dome of the hidden pavilion : new poems / James Tate.

PS3570.A8 A6 2015

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Tate, James, 1943-2015, author.
Contributor:: Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017, former owner.; Ecco Press, publisher.; Harry Mathews Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:: Poems. Selections
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: American poetry--21st century.; American poetry.
Genre:: American poetry -- 21st century.; Poetry.
Physical Description:: xi pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 142 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
Edition:: First edition.
Place of Publication:: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Summary:: In this series of prose poems, prize-winning poet James Tate takes an absurdist view of everyday life and examines the journey towards its inevitable end.; A series of prose poems takes an absurdist view of everyday life and examines the journey towards its inevitable end.
Contents:: I. Mr. Leaves; A largely questioning article offering few answers; The baby; The rabbit god; My doctor's appointment; The blob; The psychiatric unit; Cement; The new mayor; The photograph of Lincoln; The; My wife, the gardener; The wrong wedding; Assignment Haiti; The cows; Toy soldiers; The battlefield; Peace; The oilman; After the war; Conspiracy; The soldiers' rebellion; The captain; The escape; Night-wandering animal; Explosive device; The invasion; The mission; Investigation; The wrong man; The grandson; Life's game; The guards; The lost army; The key to the universe; The pandas Of Wichita; Depression; The American Dream; Home; Greatness; An eel on the line; The leader; The long drive; II. Low flying; The three little boys; The pearls; I wrote myself a letter; The blue delusion; The French novel; That's not my duty; The aquatic ape; Some things I need; Buddha; To Russia with love; The goddess; Beer for the fairies; The moose; The encyclopedia salesman; The Holman diary; The Friars Club fellow; The orchid; Possible suspects; The seafaring boy; The blue ones; The new opera; Brand new mantra; Almost a saint; Dangerous at night; In the lake; The llama; The great wall; The interrupted flow; Lost at sea; The police captain's remorse; Dome of the hidden temple; A walk in the woods; My home; Manual for self-improvement; Plans to destroy the world; Invisible; The Chicago dead; III. The little green man; Rats; The waterfall; The mule; Mimi and the bear; Black widow; The suspect; To hell and back; The cookie; The green shutters; Love at first sight; Dreaming; What are worms?; The flag; Where the money is; For rent; The grandmother; The furnace; Llamas; The Afterlife; The hammer To the rescue; The end of the line; The dead animal; Tenderizer; The invisible alligators; A quiet day on the porch; Plastic story
Local Notes:: Kislak Center Harry Mathews Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Harry Mathews.
ISBN:: 9780062399205; 0062399209
OCLC:: 893897945
Publisher Number:: 99963987636

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