From the Fire Hills / / Chad Davidson

• Autore: Davidson Chad <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, Illinois : , : Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (90 p.)
• Disciplina: 811.608
• Soggetto topico: American poetry - 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; IN RAVENNA; I; THE GOTHIC LINE; VANDALS; SAN LUCA; LOVERS IN THE CAPUCHIN CRYPT; THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD; THE SCREAMING TODDLER IN SANTA MARIA NOVELLA; CONTROLLED BURN; II; AERIAL; FROM THE NEW REPUBLIC; THE LAST CRUSADE; THE GROTESQUE; SOFT COSTS; LABOR DAYS; III; WATERWALKERS; THE BARISTA OF SANT'EUSTACHIO; BELLAGIO; WINK; HOLE IN THE HEART; THE CHURCHES OF ITALY; THE NEW WORLD; IV; OSSI DI MORTO; LIMONCELLO; BLOOD ORANGE; DISPENSATION; TRUFFLE; LITTLE SHOE; SANTA MARIA IN TRASTEVERE; NATIVE; V; SURVIVAL ITALIAN; BEFORE THE BOMBING ; PANTELLERIAELEGY; THE GRIEF INDUSTRY; ANTHEM; EXILE; Other Books in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: In From the Fire Hills, poet Chad Davidson shows us an Italy that is far from the romanticized notions of sun-drenched fields and self-discovery. Instead we see a maelstrom of chaos and contradiction, a place where the frenetic pace of modernity is locked in a daily struggle with recalcitrant history. This autobiographical collection explores the myriad ways in which Italian culture survives its own parodies and evokes a modern ferocity that harkens back to Italy's barbarian past. As the narrator, rendered vulnerable by language, embarks on his journey, lines of locat
• Titolo autorizzato: From the Fire Hills
• ISBN: 0-8093-3324-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463499603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crab Orchard award series in poetry.