Books

16 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Blood Countess, Erzébet Bathory of Hungary (1560-1614) The Blood Countess, Erzébet Bathory of Hungary (1560-1614) Robert Peters The author reenactment of the life and the account of Countess Erzebet Bathory of the Hungarian Bathory monarchy who bathed in the blood of over six-hundred virgin to maintain eternal youth. This ca… OL2907279W
The drowned man to the fish The drowned man to the fish Robert Peters Here, in a Confessional vein reminiscent of Robert Lowell, Peters resolves the pain of a difficult divorce by the creation of original, surreal imagery which seems to distance his pain. In the poem … OL2907285W
The gift to be simple The gift to be simple Robert Peters Here , the story of Mother Ann Lee's (Founder of the Shaker Religion) childhood in Manchester, England; her imprisonment for blasphemy: her visions; and her departure for America are all told in poet… OL2907289W
Hawker Hawker Robert Peters 'Hawker' was awarded the Poetry Society of America's Alice Faye di Castagnola Prize. Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875) was Vicar of Morwenstowe in Cornwall, England. He lived for over forty years in… OL2907294W
Haydon Haydon Robert Peters **HAYDON**, the fourth of Peters' persona books to be published by Unicorn, is a series of monologues by Benjamin Robert Haydon (1776-1846), the tragic British painter of vast history pictures and fr… OL2907295W
Holy cow Holy cow Robert Peters This book is unique in Peters' oeuvre for its irreverence. The tone recalls the nonsense verse of Edward Lear and Ogden Nash. The topics include the birth of angels, the nature of poetry, and innova… OL2907296W
Kane Kane Robert Peters Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) was the indefatigable American popular hero who, afflicted with rheumatic fever, led two expeditions to the Arctic searching for the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. … OL2907299W
Ludwig of Bavaria Ludwig of Bavaria Robert Peters Robert Peters' highly acclaimed performance version is included with the original poems. These poems themselves have been revised from the earlier edition **PICNIC IN THE SNOW**(New Rivers, 1982). Th… OL2907300W
Makars' dozens Makars' dozens Paul Trachtenberg,Robert Peters,Robert Peters,Barbara Hauk **MAKARS' DOZENS** stands for a baker's dozen meaning sandwiched between the covers of this book you get the verses of three distinctive voices: poet Robert Peters(the best known among three), Paul … OL2907303W
The picnic in the snow The picnic in the snow Robert Peters This is another volume of several of Robert Peters' personae books. This long narrative & mono-logic work covers the life of Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria with his love of building several castles, hi… OL2907306W
Snapshots for a serial killer Snapshots for a serial killer Robert Peters The discerning reader will soon be aware of connections between author's fictionalized killer and the notorious serial murderer, Randy Kraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Steven_Kraft who is cur… OL2907310W
The sow's head & other poems The sow's head & other poems Robert Peters In his second book poems, Peters sees human shadows in a world of Blakean monsters, those he earlier confronted in SONGS FOR A SON, the elegy for his small son Richard. Stunning is a suite inspired … OL2907312W
Celebrities Celebrities Robert Peters Special Limited edition chapbook designed by Bay artist Mary Ann Hayden. Parody poetry honoring Marlene Dietrich, Robert Mitchum, Gertrude Stein & Margaret Dumont (the dowager of the Marx Brothers… OL2907316W
Victorians on literature and art Victorians on literature and art Robert Peters A source book on Victorians on literature and art on what they thought constituted aestheticism. Writers and artists included in this book Matthew Arnold, Swinburne, Rossetti, Tennyson, Whistler, Wat… OL2907319W
Breughel's Pig Breughel's Pig Robert Peters This volume of poems is a gathering of his more experimental works, and contains selections from earlier works such as HOLY COW, THE DROWNED MAN TO THE FISH, THE POET AS ICE-SKATER, THE SOW'S HEAD, C… OL8035024W
Bronchial Tangle, Heart System Bronchial Tangle, Heart System Robert Peters This book, handsomely published, was never distributed. The organizing event is a canoe trip Peters' took as he prepared to go to the Army in 1943. The superbly beautiful Wisconsin wilderness area … OL8035025W