Cow / Susan Hawthorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawthorne, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne, Australia : Spinifex Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An intriguing approach to the rewriting of myth, this poetry collection journeys through the history of languages and symbolic traditions. Through main character Queenie, a cow of many abilities, these poems delve into the creation of the universe as Queenie fashions the galaxies and travels through the sky as a herd of stars. Delightful and surprising, this compilation draws on the Greek lyric tradition of Sappho as well as on South India's Sangam poetry tradition to provide a balanced work of both humor and melancholy.

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Dedication; contents; acknowledgements; etymologies; string one the philosophy cow; what the poet says; Queenie's dilly bag; what she says to her listeners; what Queenie says; what Fatima says about Queenie; what Queenie says about Meena; what the prophet says; what the mayor says; what she says to them; what Queenie says about Sita; what cows and calves say; what Demeter says to Persephone; what Persephone says to Demeter; what Queenie says about trivia; what Kuvalaya says; what Sita says; what she says about shadows; what she says about Elektra

what she says about Lakshmi and Sarasvatiwhat she says about Ereshkigal; what Io says; what Hathor says; what Queenie says about Guinevere; what Durga says; what she says about Kalypso's secret; what Savitri says; what she says about the wilful virgin; what the mythmakers say; what Queenie says about the sun cow; what Cow and Tiger say; what Queenie says about Maha ̄devi ̄; what Queenie says about the Catalogue of Cows; string two what the philosophers say; Diotima; Gargi; Queenie's tongue; what she says about ruminants; what she says about the anatomy of a cow pat; what she says about tongues

what Queenie says about shunyatawhat the fool's lover says; what she says about her girlfriend's mother; what her mother says about ur-woman; what Queenie notices about dictionaries; what the linguist says; what the linguist says about Queenie; what Queenie says about pedagogy; what Queenie says about Tamil; what Queenie says about Sanskrit; what she says about language; what Queenie says about subhashitani; what she says to her girlfriend; what she says about gaur; what she says about boanthropy; what nonsense Queenie says about Ushas; what Queenie wishes; what you say to me

what she says to youwhat if this is god; what the pedant says; what we say about exile; what Sarasvathi says; what we say about loss; what Queenie says about the question of language; what Queenie says about Altamira; Queenie's aubade; string three what the lovers say; Queenie's loves; what Queenie says about the fugue of history; what she says about nomadic life; what she says about wolves; what the observer says about wolves; what she says about the gopi ̄; what Duhitri says; what Radha says to Mura; what Mura says to Radha; what Queenie says to the gopi ̄; what her lover says about raga

what she sings to her maiden auntwhat sixty-four dakinis say in one voice; what we sing in one voice; what she says about akam; what she says about kolam; what she says about dancers; what she says about the shore temple; what Queenie says about the word paksha; what Anaktoria says to Sappho; what she says about Atthis; what the others say about Sappho; what Gongyla says; what Sappho says about Andromeda; what she says about sedentary life; what Madhukari ̄ says; what Radha says; what the Indian heifer says about priya; what Queenie says about love; what Queenie says about inversion

what she sings to her sister

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-74219-536-9

1-74219-539-3

OCLC:

692401046