The Uses of Adversity

by Ronald Wallace

Book Overview

The Uses of Adversity-- titled after the line from As You Like It, "Sweet are the uses of adversity" - is a collection of one hundred sonnets cobining the craftiness of traditional form with the effortlessness of free verse. The language is often richly textured and musical, often plain spoken and conversational, but always witty and accessible. The subject matter ranges widely from Rootie Kazootie and Froggy the Gremlin, Howdy Doody and Elvis Presley,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956713
• ISBN13: 9780822956716
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 7.5"