Bat Ode (Phoenix Poets) - Hardcover

Merrin, Jeredith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226520579 ISBN 13: 9780226520575

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

The poems in Bat Ode speak to the way we live today and how it feels to occupy such a mongrel, fast-changing, postmodern world. Yet rather than breaking with the linguistic or poetic past, these poems seem to renew it with a fresh vision. Jeredith Merrin's sense of humor, her formal poise, her heart and wit, situate her as one of our most convincing social poets.

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About the Author

Jeredith Merrin is a professor of English at The Ohio State University. She is the author of An Enabling Humility: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and the Uses of Tradition. Her first book of poetry, Shift, was published by the University of Chicago Press.

From the Back Cover

The poems in Bat Ode speak to the way we live today and how it feels to occupy such a mongrel, fast-changing, postmodern world. Yet rather than breaking with the linguistic or poetic past, these poems seem to renew and reinvigorate it with a fresh vision. Jeredith Merrin's sense of humor, formal poise, enormous heart, and disarming wit, situate her as one of our most convincing social poets.

From the Inside Flap

The poems in Bat Ode speak to the way we live today and how it feels to occupy such a mongrel, fast-changing, postmodern world. Yet rather than breaking with the linguistic or poetic past, these poems seem to renew and reinvigorate it with a fresh vision. Jeredith Merrin's sense of humor, formal poise, enormous heart, and disarming wit, situate her as one of our most convincing social poets.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226520579
• ISBN 13: 9780226520575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80