From the Fire Hills
Title:
From the Fire Hills
Author:
Davidson, Chad.
ISBN:
9780809333240
9780809333233
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (90 pages).
Series:
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Crab Orchard award series in poetry.
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; IN RAVENNA; I; THE GOTHIC LINE; VANDALS; SAN LUCA; LOVERS IN THE CAPUCHIN CRYPT; THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD; THE SCREAMING TODDLER IN SANTA MARIA NOVELLA; CONTROLLED BURN; II; AERIAL; FROM THE NEW REPUBLIC; THE LAST CRUSADE; THE GROTESQUE; SOFT COSTS; LABOR DAYS; III; WATERWALKERS; THE BARISTA OF SANT'EUSTACHIO; BELLAGIO; WINK; HOLE IN THE HEART; THE CHURCHES OF ITALY; THE NEW WORLD; IV; OSSI DI MORTO; LIMONCELLO; BLOOD ORANGE; DISPENSATION; TRUFFLE; LITTLE SHOE; SANTA MARIA IN TRASTEVERE; NATIVE; V; SURVIVAL ITALIAN; BEFORE THE BOMBING.
PANTELLERIAELEGY; THE GRIEF INDUSTRY; ANTHEM; EXILE; Other Books in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry; Back Cover.
Abstract:
In From the Fire Hills, poet Chad Davidson shows us an Italy that is far from the romanticized notions of sun-drenched fields and self-discovery. Instead we see a maelstrom of chaos and contradiction, a place where the frenetic pace of modernity is locked in a daily struggle with recalcitrant history. This autobiographical collection explores the myriad ways in which Italian culture survives its own parodies and evokes a modern ferocity that harkens back to Italy's barbarian past. As the narrator, rendered vulnerable by language, embarks on his journey, lines of locat.
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Electronic Access:
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