Outlaw Style: Poems

by R.T. Smith

Outlaw Style is a collection of narrative and lyric poems, many of them in the tradition of Robert Browning's dramatic monologues. While gothic imagery, humor, and nineteenth-century diction and reference alternate and interweave, the four thematic currents that converge in the collection are music, race, spirituality, and the impact of monstrosity on somewhat innocent bystanders. Poems like "Dar He," "Scuppernongs," and "Plantation of the Mad" address...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557288534
• ISBN13: 9781557288530
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.5"