{"product_id":"troubled-lovers-in-history-a-sequence-of-poems-9780814250150","title":"Troubled Lovers in History: A Sequence of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroubled Lovers in History\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates an exhilarating range: from the briefest of lyrics to rich and multipartite narrative adventures in exotic realms; from a comic monologue spoken in immigrant \"Yinglish\" to a soulful elegy set in San Antonio's Pearl Beer brewery plant; from Martian invaders, through polar explorers, to all of us busy inflicting \"words with edges\" on those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldbarth sets his unflinching study of individual hope and grief against the backdrop of history: the travels of Marco Polo; Bertha and Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays; an 1800 battle \"twixt Dragon Sam, the great Exhaler of Gouts of Amazing Flame . . . and Liquid Dan, the Living Geyser.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the night stars to the little starring parts we all play every day, \u003ci\u003eTroubled Lovers in History\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the text of our dreams and despairs, as witnessed by the writer whom Joyce Carol Oates called \"a poet of remarkable gifts--a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Goldbarth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.08w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814250150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/1999 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Goldbarth is Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the department of English at Wichita State University. He is the author of eight other collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Ancient Egypt \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarriage, and Other Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637809447027,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8b384b1c-4548-4980-a926-65407c0c96b6.jpg?v=1755603966","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/troubled-lovers-in-history-a-sequence-of-poems-9780814250150","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}