Meme : poems / by Susan Wheeler.
Acclaimed poet Susan Wheeler, whose last individual collection predicted the spiritual losses of the economic collapse, turns her attention to the most intimate of subjects: the absence or loss of love. A meme is a unit of thought replicated by imitation; examples of memes, Richard Dawkins wrote, &q...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Kuhl House poets.
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| Summary: | Acclaimed poet Susan Wheeler, whose last individual collection predicted the spiritual losses of the economic collapse, turns her attention to the most intimate of subjects: the absence or loss of love. A meme is a unit of thought replicated by imitation; examples of memes, Richard Dawkins wrote, "are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches." Occupy Wall Street is a meme, as are internet ideas and images that go viral. What could be more potent memes than those passed down by parents to their children? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (102 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1609381424 9781609381424 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |