Oneiromance
Subtitle: (an epithalamion)
By: Kathleen Rooney
Publisher: Switchback
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780978617233
Description: "Oneiromance (an epithalamion) gives the marriage poem a case of vertigo, displacing while embracing the panoply of possibility when two people attempt to forge a life together. Kathleen Rooney creates a dream-state with fluid borders and a surreal set of laws that allow her to question inherited wisdom and perception, all the while converging on the altar from numerous (occasionally, numinous) angles. The romance persists between the narrator and the beloved - and crucially, between the author and language's opportunities to address the nuances and edges of commitment deemed inexplicable. These poems contain deep doubt and true sentiment, providing that pleasure-giving union of provocation and renewal."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Oneiromance -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 1 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 2 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 3 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 4 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 5 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 6 -- ; title: Brazilian Wedding: Dream no. 7 -- ; title: Brazilian Groom: Dream no. 1 -- ; title: Brazilian Groom: Dream no. 2 -- ; title: Brazilian Groom: Dream no. 3 -- ; title: Brazilian Groom: Dream no. 4 -- ; title: Brazilian Honeymoon West -- ; title: Brazilian Honeymoon East -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 1 -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 2 -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 3 -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 4 -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 5 -- ; title: Midwestern Wedding: Dream no. 6 -- ; title: Midwestern Groom: Dream no. 1 -- ; title: Midwestern Groom: Dream no. 2 -- ; title: Midwestern Groom: Dream no. 3 -- ; title: Midwestern Groom: Dream no. 4 -- ; title: Midwestern Groom: Dream no. 5 -- ; title: Niagara Falls: Scrapbook One -- ; title: Niagara Falls: Scrapbook Two -- ; title: Niagara Falls: Scrapbook Three -- ; title: Niagara Falls: Scrapbook Four -- ; title: Niagara Falls: Scrapbook Five -- ; title: Epilogue: Epithalamion.