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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great playwrite yes; great poet no,
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This review is from: The Chinaman: Poems (Hardcover)
I have enjoyed several of Mamet's prose works and plays finding him very talented both in content and use of language. As I began The Chinaman, I was dissapointed in him as a poet. Several poems left me feeling like an outsider who had missed the point of some important reference or allusion. However, when I reached "The Black Raven" my evaluation of Mamet as a poet changed dramatically. In this poem his interweaving of repeating sounds and images echo a sestina or Edith Sitwell or William Ruddy. The effect is mesmerizing and the form unique. "Billy the Weazel" is a successful poem with techniques reminding the reader of William Carlos Williams or Robert Creeley. "The Triumph of Gravity" invokes the beat aesthetic.
While Mamet has not developed a consistent "Mamet style," he has chosen the style well for what he wishes to say. A few of his poems are excellent, several well done, and a few use references that exclude many readers. Still its worth picking up a remaindered or used copy. |
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The Chinaman: Poems by David Mamet (Hardcover - April 1, 1999)
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