
«A Pageant of Its Time»
Edward Dorn's "Slinger</I> and the Sixties
James Elmborg(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 1. March 1998
Book
Hardback
XII, 143 pages
978-0-8204-3320-2 (ISBN)
Description
Edward Dorn's Gunslinger constitutes one of the most significant, and underacknowledged, poetic achievements of the last half of the twentieth century. Written during the years 1967-1974, the poem reacts with intelligence and humor to the varying moods of its complex times. This study - the first critical discussion of the entire narrative poem - explores the poet's treatment of life in the sixties. The author argues that Gunslinger is best read as a reaction to the state of the nation in the 1960s. The poem chronicles the rise and fall of the counterculture and provides a running commentary on the noble aspirations and pretensions of the revolutionary counterculture.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16 cm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-3320-2 (9780820433202)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: James K. Elmborg received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas in 1994. He received his Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University in Kansas in 1995. He is currently living in Pullman, Washington, where he is a librarian at Washington State University.