Spirit Cabinet
Spirit Cabinet
David Wojahn
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2002
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg
Pages: 128
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wrctg
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Spirit Cabinet
Book Description:

Spirit Cabinetis an ambitious work, seamlessly mixing autobiography with subjects ranging from pop music to ancient Egypt, from Stalin's reading habits to Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition. Formally inventive, elegiac and redemptive, aesthetically and emotionally risky, this is Wojahn's most ingenious and compelling collection.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7946-3
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.2
  3. I
    • To Hermes Are Attributed Three Inventions: Music, Writing, Fire
      To Hermes Are Attributed Three Inventions: Music, Writing, Fire (pp. 3-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.3
    • Cartouche
      Cartouche (pp. 5-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.4
    • To the Memory of Paul Celan
      To the Memory of Paul Celan (pp. 8-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.5
    • Symposium
      Symposium (pp. 11-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.6
    • Zola the Hobbyist: 1895
      Zola the Hobbyist: 1895 (pp. 14-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.7
    • And the Unclean Spirits Went Out of the Man, and Entered into Swine
      And the Unclean Spirits Went Out of the Man, and Entered into Swine (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.8
    • Testings, 1956
      Testings, 1956 (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.9
    • Pavlov’s Century
      Pavlov’s Century (pp. 18-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.10
    • Stalin’s Library Card
      Stalin’s Library Card (pp. 20-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.11
    • Tribulation Eclogue
      Tribulation Eclogue (pp. 27-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.12
    • The Art of Poetry
      The Art of Poetry (pp. 30-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.13
  4. II
    • Poison, 1959
      Poison, 1959 (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.14
    • The Ravenswood
      The Ravenswood (pp. 36-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.15
    • Word Horde against the Gnostics
      Word Horde against the Gnostics (pp. 39-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.16
    • After Propertius
      After Propertius (pp. 42-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.17
    • “Asend the Stare: On Top Floor Please Ring Bell”
      “Asend the Stare: On Top Floor Please Ring Bell” (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.18
    • Firstborn of Egypt
      Firstborn of Egypt (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.19
    • Days of 1994
      Days of 1994 (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.20
    • For the Centenary of Hart Crane
      For the Centenary of Hart Crane (pp. 49-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.21
    • Dirge with Proofs
      Dirge with Proofs (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.22
    • Spirit Cabinet
      Spirit Cabinet (pp. 54-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.23
  5. III Crayola: A Sequence
    III Crayola: A Sequence (pp. 57-82)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.24
  6. IV
    • Can’t You Spare Me Over?
      Can’t You Spare Me Over? (pp. 85-87)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.25
    • Written on the Due Date of a Son Never Born
      Written on the Due Date of a Son Never Born (pp. 88-88)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.26
    • Prayer to George Oppen
      Prayer to George Oppen (pp. 89-90)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.27
    • For Townes Van Zandt, 1946–1997
      For Townes Van Zandt, 1946–1997 (pp. 91-93)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.28
    • A Pressure That Makes a Shape as You Go on Describing
      A Pressure That Makes a Shape as You Go on Describing (pp. 94-95)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.29
    • Arion
      Arion (pp. 96-97)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.30
    • Alchemy, Mother Ship, Mile One One Seven
      Alchemy, Mother Ship, Mile One One Seven (pp. 98-100)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.31
    • Inscribed on Handmade Paper on the Due Date of a Daughter Never Born
      Inscribed on Handmade Paper on the Due Date of a Daughter Never Born (pp. 101-101)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.32
    • Choiron
      Choiron (pp. 102-103)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.33
    • Red Ochre
      Red Ochre (pp. 104-105)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.34
    • Recovery Room: Seven Hells
      Recovery Room: Seven Hells (pp. 106-107)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.35
    • Triclinium: Couple Bending to a Burning Photo
      Triclinium: Couple Bending to a Burning Photo (pp. 108-111)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.36
    • Kill Born, Weed Smoke, Chk Mark, Onchola Senn
      Kill Born, Weed Smoke, Chk Mark, Onchola Senn (pp. 112-114)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.37
  7. Notes
    Notes (pp. 115-118)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.38
  8. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 119-119)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.39
  9. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 120-120)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrctg.40