The Sleep of Reason / David Gewanter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gewanter, David, Author.

Series:

Phoenix Poets

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Sleep of Reason plunges us into a macabre world where good impulses bring on evil consequences-a world not unlike our own. In David Gewanter's alternately delightful and startling poems, allegory comes alive and stalks a bookstore's musty aisles, comedians eviscerate their families for a laugh, lovers love each other for withholding affection, and theaters collapse on audiences hungry for spectacle. Amidst such surreal subjects, Gewanter's delicate musicality and keen sense of humor sparkle; his inquisition regarding a fallen world becomes a dark comedy of errors haunted by the most unexpected characters-from JFK Jr. to Tacitus, Redd Foxx to General Motors, Mariah Carey to 100 rabbits with herpes. An offbeat satire for an off-kilter age, The Sleep of Reason offers an incisive guide to moral behavior in an immoral world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

I

II

III

Notes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226289755

0226289753

OCLC:

1099832933