In some of the most sparkling and accomplished couplets written since Pope, Arnold Klein tells a hilarious, sometimes satiric and often perverse tale of erotic intrigue, self-gratification, and sexual mores in contemporary America. "Monica is a blistering satire with the nimble thread, lyrical grace, and antic wit of a sophisticated musical comedy, erotic, comic, surprising and delightful at every turn from beginning to end." --Eric Kraft.
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A narrative poem in rhymed couplets--sample excerpt below.,
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This review is from: Monica (Hardcover)
Anrennen gegen Sprachegrenze!--Well, let's grant
We know what language can perform and what it can't
We know its pictures of the world are all we've got;
We know it's not a cage, but do we know why not?
Ingenious engineers have so designed our zoos
The animals are fenced, but bars don't block the views;
Instead, concealed to men, deep slanted pitfalls gape.
And that's what language is: No bars, but no escape[.]
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A funny, deviant tale from New York in rhymed couplets!!!,
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Most contemporary poetry harps unendingly upon the personal problems or pseudo-revelations of hacks who can not rhyme. Klein's "Monica," however, revives the tradition of having a character narrate the poem who does not make a claim to being the ultimate humanist. This makes for poetry which is not self-indulgent or self-congratulatory (like the works of Wordsworth, for example--can you believe people STILL read Wordsworth?!?!?!). Instead, Klein creates a viscious narrative voice, following the example of such poets as Robert Browning, Tourneur, and Beddoes, whose mores may not be universally acceptable, but are indeed unendingly scathing and witty. "Monica" reminds the reader of what it means to be inventive in a poetic mode, and how language itself may induce vertigo, contemplation, and the pleasure of a laugh at the expense of societal norms
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