The Death of Picasso
The Death of Picasso. New & Selected Writing. Guy Davenport. Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003. Paperbound edition issued 2005.
Contents:
The Owl of Minerva
The Playing Field
Ruskin
The Concord Sonata
The Death of Picasso
The Hunter Gracchus
Every Force Evolves a Form
Boys Smell Like Oranges
Belinda's World Tour
The Messengers
The Aeroplanes at Brescia
The Chair
Wide as the Waters Be
Gunnar and Nikolai
Mr. Churchyard and the Troll
And
Dinner at the Bank of England
Christ Preaching at the Henley Regatta
Pergolesi's Dog
Horace and Walt in Camden
We Often Think of Lenin at the Clothespin Factory
The Anthropology of Table Manners
Veranda Hung with Wisteria
The Jules Verne Steam Balloon
The Bicycle Rider
Wo es war, soll Ich werden
The Ringdove Sign
[Acknowledgements (verso title page)]:
"The Owl of Minerva" originally appeared in The Georgia Review
"The Playing Field" in Hotel Amerika
"Ruskin" in Harper's Magazine
"The Concord Sonata" in A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993)
"The Death of Picasso" in The Kenyon Review
"The Hunter Gracchus" in The New Criterion
"Every Force Evolves a Form" in Zyzzyya
"Boys Smell Like Oranges" in The Cardiff Team (New Directions, 1996)
"Belinda's World Tour" in The Santa Monica Review
"The Messengers" in The Cardiff Team (New Directions, 1996)
"The Aeroplanes at Brescia" in The Hudson Review
"The Chair" in Apples and Pears (North Point Press, 1984)
"Wide as the Waters Be" in Harper's Magazine
"Gunnar and Nikolai" in A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993)
"Mr. Churchyard and the Troll" in A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993)
"And" in A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993)
"Dinner at the Bank of England" in The Paris Review
"Christ Preaching at the Henley Regatta" in The North American Review
"Pergolesi's Dog" in The New York Times
"Horace and Walt in Camden" in Harper's Magazine
""We Often Think of Lenin at the Clothespin Factory" in Conjunctions
"The Anthropology of Table Manners" in Antaeus
"Veranda Hung with Wisteria" in The Cardiff Team (New Directions, 1996)
"The Jules Verne Steam Balloon" in Facing Texts (Duke University Press, ed. Heidi Ziegler, 1988)
"The Bicycle Rider" was first published as a book by Red Ozier Press [NY] in a different version
"Wo es war, soll Ich werden" in The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers (North Point Press, 1990)
"The Ringdove Sign" in Parnassus
Dedication: For Bonnie Jean
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