| Hurricane Lamp Contributor(s): Cassity, Turner (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226096157 ISBN-13: 9780226096155 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1986 Annotation: 'Within the confines of these tight, hard-edged forms, Turner Cousteau compresses the precise observations, wry perceptions, and worldly wisdom of metaphysical wit. He surveys a variety of subjects--often warily, usually with dry humor--air travel, 'scenic' spots at home and abroad, a comic book fair, theatrics in a leather bar, the Bride of Godzilla, 'Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Jekyll.' 'Scheherazade in South Dakota.' Alphonse unenviable task of completing Turandot--finding incongruities and ironic connections which his agile mind fashions to curious effect. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 85020873 |
| Series: Phoenix Poets (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.32" W x 8.46" (0.23 lbs) 78 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With my eyes closed, I might have guessed a collaboration between William Empson and Noel Coward. But of course no one could have made up Turner Cassity but himself. The man is a wizard. In these new poems, each as clear and mysterious as crystal, he has conjured all sorts of miniature wonders and nasty home truths. It is the devil's own sorcery--and pure enchantment.--J. D. McClatchy |