Perfection / Patrick Warner.
Perfection / Patrick Warner.
By
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Warner, Patrick, 1963-
Publication Date
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2012
Publication Information
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Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions,
Physical Description
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61 p.
Subject Term
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Canadian poetry -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
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Patrick Warner's Perfection makes a carnival of our most potent and dangerous obsessions. A factory outlet sells designer human parts at cut-rate prices, a midlife crisis becomes a cleansing ritual, a chocolate-chip pancake stands accused at trial, and the predatory voice of anorexia speaks to a transfixed audience. In descending the rabbit hole of this wildly imaginative collection, we find ourselves amid a field of engagement where destructive ideals of beauty, politics, art, romantic love, and spirituality are ambushed by roguish parody, acerbic satire, life-affirming laughter, and a hard-won pragmatism. And while Warner's trademark playfulness and formal ingenuity remain intact, his classic arms-length objectivity gives ground to a private and autobiographical directness of style often evaded in his earlier work. In Perfection, where death is certain and certainty is hell-bent on death, Warner refuses to rest on his laurels, continuing to build on his reputation as one of the most respected voices in Canadian poetry.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780864926838
General Note
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Poems.
"Icehouse poetry." --T.p.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.6 W24 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 819.6 W24 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 819.6 W24 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 819.6 W24 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 819.6 W24 | NonCirculating |