The Sleep of Reason - Phoenix Poets
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780226289748 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Imprint: | The University of Chicago Press |
Pub date: | 05 Sep 2003 |
Edition: | 1 |
DEWEY: | 811.54 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 72 |
Weight: | 142g |
Height: | 22mm |
Width: | 15mm |
Spine width: | 1mm |