The Primitive Observatory / by Gregory Kimbrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kimbrell, Gregory.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry.

Crab orchard series in poetry

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The poems of The Primitive Observatory, set roughly in the Gilded Age, take readers into a dreamy, alluring world where hapless travelers, doomed heirs, and other colorful types grapple with horrors.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One; Interview at the Fox and Lantern; The Fire That Cleared the Valley of Oster; The Succulent Flowers; The Lost Psychotherapist; Nocturne (Mouths of the Urns); The Turn of the Weather Vane; The Order of Silence; The Quarantine; The Passing Brigade; Part Two; The Blizzard; The Burial Plot; Nocturne (Craters of the Moon); The Remote District; The Hour of Study; or, The Concept of Moral Genealogy; First Buds on the Rowan Highway; Nocturne (Wind from the Hills); The Monster of Barlow; The Diplomats; The Next Palace; Part Three

The Goat GodHotel Vitruvius; Nocturne (Empty Fireplace); 1900 Gibbon Street; The Age of Miracles; The Marshes; Nocturne (Boat at the Wayside); The Advance of the Glacier; The Fog; The Barrier Reef; Part Four; In the Progress of Time; The Four Cousins; The Ruin at Drax End; The Wall; The Sluice Gate; The End of Time at Four Heaths School; Successor to the Late Lord; Yellow Fingers; The Years Underground; Nocturne (Tremors of the Earth); The Coming Winter; Notes; Other Books in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry; Back Cover

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ISBN:

0-8093-3481-X

OCLC:

938563965