{"product_id":"at-the-barriers-joshua-weiner-9780226890432","title":"At the Barriers: On the Poetry of Thom Gunn","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaverick gay poetic icon Thom Gunn (1929-2004) and his body of work have long dared the British and American poetry establishments either to claim or disavow him. To critics in the UK and US alike, Gunn demonstrated that formal poetry could successfully include new speech rhythms and open forms and that experimental styles could still maintain technical and intellectual rigor. Along the way, Gunn's verse captured the social upheavals of the 1960s, the existential possibilities of the late twentieth century, and the tumult of post-Stonewall gay culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first book-length study of this major poet, \u003ci\u003eAt the Barriers \u003c\/i\u003esurveys Gunn's career from his youth in 1930s Britain to his final years in California, from his earliest publications to his later unpublished notebooks, bringing together some of the most important poet-critics from both sides of the Atlantic to assess his oeuvre. This landmark volume traces how Gunn, in both his life and his writings, pushed at boundaries of different kinds, be they geographic, sexual, or poetic. \u003ci\u003eAt the Barriers \u003c\/i\u003ewill solidify Gunn's rightful place in the pantheon of Anglo-American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Weiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226890430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226890432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.87h x 6.47w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2010 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011","brand":"Joshua Weiner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086428549375,"sku":"9780226890432","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e42f3d0-4ae5-4c31-8465-1b3418f4ce58.jpg?v=1769094618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-barriers-joshua-weiner-9780226890432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}