Killer Verse - (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Harold Schechter & Kurt Brown (Hardcover)

Name: Killer Verse - (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Harold Schechter & Kurt Brown (Hardcover)
Brand: Everyman's Library
SKU: 1005412223
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Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is a spine-tingling collection of terrifically creepy poems about the deadly art of murder.
About the Author: Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, CUNY, and the author of mystery novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe.
256 Pages
Poetry, European
Series Name: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets

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Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is a spine-tingling collection of terrifically creepy poems about the deadly art of murder.

The villains and victims who populate these pages range from Cain and Abel and Bluebeard and his wives to Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper, and Mafia hit men. The literary forms they inhabit are just as varied, from the colorful melodramas of old Scottish ballads to the hard-boiled poetry of twentieth-century noir, from lighthearted comic riffs to profound poetic musings on murder. Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, W. H. Auden, Stevie Smith, Mark Doty, Frank Bidart, Toi Derricotte, Lynn Emanuel, and Cornelius Eady are only a few of the many poets, old and new, whose work is captured in this heart-stopping--and criminally entertaining--collection.

About the Author

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, CUNY, and the author of mystery novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York City.

Kurt Brown is the author of four books of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Dimensions (Overall): 6.51 Inches (H) x 4.45 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)

Weight: .5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: European

Series Title: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Hardcover

Author: Harold Schechter & Kurt Brown

Language: English

Street Date: September 6, 2011

TCIN: 1005412223

UPC: 9780307700933

Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-1382

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.5 pounds

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