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Defense Of Poetry, A Gabriel Gudding

Defense Of Poetry, A By Gabriel Gudding

Defense Of Poetry, A by Gabriel Gudding


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Dangerous, edgy, and dark, Gudding offers a defense not only against the pretense and vanity of war, violence, and religion, but also against the vanity of poetry itself.

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Defense Of Poetry, A Summary

Defense Of Poetry, A by Gabriel Gudding

Winner of the 2001 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

Runner-up, Society of Midland Authors 2002 Poetry Prize

Gabriel Gudding's poems not only defend against the pretense and vanity of war, violence, and religion, but also against the vanity of poetry itself. These poems sometimes nestle in the lowest regions of the body, and depict invective, donnybrooks, chase scenes, and the abuse of animals, as well as the indignities and bumblings of the besotted, the lustful, the annoyed, and the stupid.

In short, Gudding seeks to reclaim the lowbrow. Dangerous, edgy, and dark, this is an innovative writer unafraid to attack the unremitting high seriousness of so much poetry, laughing with his readers as he twists the elegiac lyric I into a pompous little clown.

Defense Of Poetry, A Reviews

A modern-day Lewis Carroll, Gudding is foremost a comic poet. His zany imagery, ear for the absurd, and wry timing make his stanzas stand up and sparkle. - Denise Duhamel When you read these poems you will go ahh, you will go a little nuts, you will ask yourself who is this hussar who has taken a pint of silver polish and applied it to 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'? And by the relentless bravura of his pen he will answer you, and you will be made happy, you will be made glad, you will be made blinking, for a few more flamelike strokes have been added to the ongoing genesis of American poetry. - Mary Ruefle

About Gabriel Gudding

Gabriel Gudding is a 1998 recipient of The Nation Discovery Award and a 2001 Constance Saltonstall Individual Artist's Grant. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at Illinois State University.

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CIN0822957868VG
9780822957867
0822957868
Defense Of Poetry, A by Gabriel Gudding
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Pittsburgh Press
20020925
96
Short-listed for Society of Midland Authors Award (Poetry) 2003
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