Boss Cupid (Magill’s Literary Annual 2001)
At a glance:
- Author: Thom Gunn
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Death or dying, AIDS
Boss Cupid is Thom Gunn’s fourteenth book of poetry, and it is one of his finest and fullest collections. The title announces the theme: All people are controlled throughout their erotic lives by “Boss Cupid.” However, the collection is more various than that. There are elegies, mythic poems, satires, poems using biblical characters, and jokes, in addition to the many that deal with love and the domination of all human beings by the god of love.
Gunn is a traditional poet, and many of these poems are written in regular meters and engaging rhymes. However, some are...
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