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Cecil Richard <1944-> |
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In search of the great dead [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Cecil |
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Carbondale, : Crab Orchard Review, : Southern Illinois University Press, c1999 |
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0-8093-8511-2 |
1-299-05072-7 |
0-585-33396-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (123 p.) |
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Collana |
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Crab Orchard award series in poetry |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. In Search of the Great Dead; In Search of the Great Dead; La Notte; In Memoriam: for Lynda Hull; On the Observation Platform; The Autobiography of My House; This Train Isn't Bound for Glory; Charlie Chan Solves Another Murder; Ubi Sunt?; 2. Arrivals; Arrivals; Pilgrimage to Haworth; Angel Sighted from Airliner!; Room with View/Radio; Caliban and Ariel; Kearney, Nebraska; SpaceWalk; Jetlag Aubade; Life Is like a Mountain Railway; 3. Slow Poison; The Little Prince; How Fiction Ruined My Life; Why I Have No Children |
Front Porch VisitingAdult Education; The Thinkers; Incident at Third andWoodlawn; Slow Poison; 4. Picnic in the Basement; Picnic in the Basement; Do It Yourself; TheWedding of M & R (after Lucan); My Muse; A Portrait of the Artist's Bedroom; Some Terms in Real Estate Defined; Decision at Silver Creek; 5. Living in Obscurity; Living in Obscurity; Authors in Hell; Narcissus Experiences Technical Difficulties; A Saint's Life; Fiftieth Birthday; Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Man; Life at the Top; Dressing forWork; The Education of a Professor; Thanatopsis; Back Cover |
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With grim humor and humorous grimness, In Search of the Great Dead engages the great themes of poetry: death and fame. The title poem of this collection records Richard Cecil's quest for the tombs of the |
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