Doubles is at once tough-minded and urbane, veering from lyricism to street slang, oscillating with the beat of the American city. As his title suggests, Polito's world is one of doubling, simulation, impersonation, and mimicry--a shrewd vision of urban life.
ISBN: | 9780226673370 |
Publication date: | 20th October 1995 |
Author: | Robert Polito |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press an imprint of The University of Chicago Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 64 pages |
Series: | Phoenix Poets |
Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |