{"product_id":"twenty-first-century-blues-richard-cecil-9780809325979","title":"Twenty First Century Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeath, fame, art, and religion become comic subjects in \u003ci\u003eTwenty First Century Blues, \u003c\/i\u003ethe fourth collection from Richard Cecil.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhether elegizing his predecessors, predicting his own end, channeling Dickinson's \"corpse-eye-view of stony death,\" or imagining Yeats living in Indiana and dealing with English department politics, Cecil tempers his morbidity with a straightforward, tender brand of humor and a refreshing honesty about the shelf life of contemporary poetry. Deadpan and dark, yet pulsing with the spirit of life, these poems speak of historic France, Italy, and Switzerland, where religious persecutions, ancient catastrophes, and other, less personal, failures overshadow the disappointments and shortcomings of the poet's modern life in the Midwest. Grimly cheered by these revelations, Cecil shows that poets, like cicadas screaming in the summer air, \"won't shut up until we're skeletons.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Cecil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809325977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809325979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.96w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 72 - Recommended\/Special Interest\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2009","brand":"Richard Cecil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076655968511,"sku":"9780809325979","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e33edaac-be93-4d0b-8b91-63965c8a23e0.jpg?v=1685466124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twenty-first-century-blues-richard-cecil-9780809325979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}