Poems of a penisist
| ISBN: | 0914090070, 0914090089, 9780914090076, 0914090089, 0914090089, 9780914090083 |
| OCLC Number: | 1932299 |
| Material Type: | Poetry |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Mutsuo Takahashi |
| Translator: | Hiroaki Sato |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, 1975; University of Minnesota Press, 2012 |
| Publication Place: | Chicago; Minneapolis |
| English Publication Date: | 1975 |
| Notes: | Introduction by Burton Watson. |
| Abstract: | “In the name of / Man, member, / and the holy fluid, / Amen,” begins Mutsuo Takahashi’s epic one-thousand-line erotic fantasy poem, “Ode,” the centerpiece of his groundbreaking collection of queer poetry, Poems of a Penisist. Takahashi’s work, reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s, is a celebration of the male body, treating homosexual desire as something sacred. Stunningly beautiful and passionate, Poems of a Penisist is one of the most important compilations of homoerotic poetry written in the twentieth century. |
| Subjects: | Erotic poetry Mutsuo Takahashi, Translations into English Poetry |