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The First Inhabitants of Arcadia

Poems

The First Inhabitants of Arcadia( )
Author: Bursk, Christopher
ISBN:978-1-55728-813-4
Publication Date:Mar 2006
Publisher:University of Arkansas Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

Herman Melville, Matthew Arnold, Sarah Orne Jewett, Dusty Rhodes, and Hoyt Wilhelm skinny-dip and pick up gondoliers and cut figure eights into the ice in Christopher Bursk's new collection. But the main cast of characters for these poems is the alphabet itself, "the first inhabitants of Arcadia, / now homesick, curious exiles from Eden." Here are a boy's first investigations into the nature of language as he studies the backs of baseball cards, and a young man's infatuation...
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Book Details
Pages:136
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.4 Inches
Book Weight:0.38 Pounds



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