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The Tormented Mirror (Pitt Poetry Series)


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.52
EAN: 9780822957638
ISBN: 0822957639
Label: University of Pittsburgh Press
Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 87
Publication Date: 2001-05
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Studio: University of Pittsburgh Press


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Product Description:
In 11 collections of poetry over 30 years, Russell Edson has created his own poetic genre, a surreal philosophical fable, easy to enter, but difficult to leave behind. In this volume, Edson seeks to continue and refine his form in 72 new poems.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Great Comedy, But Less Wonder
Russell Edson is my favorite poet. The Tunnel (his selected poems) is filled with genius. Almost every poem of his I'd previously read had something intriguing about it, something ranging from the merely curious to the truly wonder-evoking.

At first I thought that The Tormented Mirror was a book of throw-aways culled together by the editor of Pitt Press. I read the book four times, and each time I came away feeling disappointed. The poems in this book are a bit more crude, and on the ... Read More




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