Madonna Anno Domini

by Joshua Clover

In his first collection, Clover presents a harrowing poetic manifesto for the 21st century. He fuses formal control, a grounding in poetic tradition (his allusions range from Shakespeare to Dickinson... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807121479
• ISBN13: 9780807121474
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Hot Ice

There is much that is surprisingly warm in this theoried and avant aesthetically conscious amalgamation. And while it surges with elitist-hip pretensions, it grooves to a back-beat of pop and populist rhythms, with many-hued chops against a background of blue. It is a cartoon philosopher and the future of anarchism railing against the bars with a baby bottle. Worth many reads. You can definitely learn from it.

you kill me

who isn't happy to be a killing machine?,joshua clover's meditation on small-town violence meeting today's tough issues is a profound meditation on small-town...no matter how far we back away from ourselves this scene will not reveal itself as a movie set.clover tails stephen wright on the going native episode, plucking observations about the state of words from the world of fin de siecle or whatever wherever with something like glee, but not glee, exactly, but without the staid proprietary stare of big time talkers in verse.I am trying to invent a way for you to buy me back--quote marks are so 20th c. clover's what poetry reads to itself late this afternoon.

Read it

Very Good Book. I learn English from it. No need to live in '60s, Clover brings them to you. I read for wife and she kick me out. I still have book though, makes good fire. I recommend to anyone who needs encouragement.-