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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813063303321

Autore

Nutter Jude

Titolo

I wish I had a heart like yours, Walt Whitman [[electronic resource] /] / Jude Nutter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-08770-9

0-268-08758-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

811/.6

Soggetti

Violence

Violence - Philosophy

Suffering

Aggressive behavior in animals

Human beings - Animal nature

Political atrocities

Anti-war poetry, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LAMB -- THE HELMET -- IN THE WORLD MUSEUM -- UNTITLED -- GROWING UP IN BERGEN-BELSEN -- HERON -- FOR THOSE HELD CAPTIVE DECADES IN DARKNESS -- GROWING UP IN BERGEN-BELSEN: THE CHRYSALIS -- THE CALVES -- TRIPTYCH FOR MY FATHER -- VIA NEGATIVA -- GOATS -- SELLING HONEY ON THE ROAD TO SARAJEVO -- ESPENBAUM IN BERGEN-BELSEN, MAY 2007 -- FRAGMENTS -- RAVEN -- TRIPTYCH WITH BIRDS -- VISITING UNCLE PETERS GRAVE -- GROWING UP IN BERGEN- BELSEN: THE FIRST KISS -- THE LOVER -- THE CENTREFOLD -- INFIDELITY -- HOW TO USE A FIELD GUIDE -- DOWNY WOODPECKER -- DINNER IN THE SUBURBS -- AFTER WATCHING TELEVISION I STEP OUTSIDE -- FOUR GIRLS -- SKYLARKS -- LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON -- THE FIRST SUNDAY OF HUNTING SEASON -- FROM THE MOUTH TO THE SOURCE -- THE MAP -- LOVE AND THE HANGMAN IN CROATIA -- ON THE TRAIN TO LENINGRAD WITH OSIP MANDELSTAM -- CAROLINA GRASSHOPPERS -- THE GOOD DOCTOR IN



NAGASAKI -- GROWING UP IN BERGEN- BELSEN: SLEEPING WITH ANNE FRANK -- THE INSECT COLLECTOR'S DEMISE -- ROAD KILL -- ROPES -- WOLVES -- NOTES.

Sommario/riassunto

In this poetry collection, Jude Nutter challenges Whitman's statements about war and animals by exploring her own responses to both.