Worth : poems / by Robyn Schiff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiff, Robyn.

Series:

Kuhl House poets.

Kuhl House poets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Worth Robyn Schiff inquires about making, buying, selling, and stealing in the material world, the natural landscape, and the human soul. Opening with the renowned couture house of Charles Frederick Worth, the father of high fashion-- ""The dress was so big, / one's hand is useless to take glass from table; / the skirt approaches while the hand is yet distance do --and ending with the House of De Beers and a diamond thief named Adam Worth-- ""You'll know me by my approach / I'm coming on foot with a diamond in my mouth --Schiff moves from Cartier and Tiffany to the Shedd Aquarium, from Mari

Contents:

Part One; House of Worth; Maison Cartier; Tiffany & Co; Chanel No 5; House of Dior; Part Two; House of Versace; Part Three; Devil Finch; Good-Bye Finch; Vampire Finch; Vest-Pocket Finch; St. Lucia Finch; Woodpecker Finch; Part Four; Industrial Diamonds; "Jade Cabinet and One Last Thing," Anonymous; A Sculpture in the Garden; At Shedd Aquarium; Gypsy Rose; Morikami Museum Garden; Women Contemplating Floating Fans (detail), 1625?; Imagination; Chantilly Lace; House of De Beers; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781587294273

1587294273

OCLC:

56109585