Thomas and Beulah (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rita Dove
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Children, Family or family life, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Gender roles, Music or musicians, Marriage, Depression, economic, Guilt, Midwest, Work or workers, Old age or elderly people, Heart attack or disease, Aging, Dating
Thomas and Beulah is a tour de force, a virtuoso performance by a major poet operating at the height of her powers. Thomas and Beulah takes the form of a two-part book of narrative poems that collectively tell the stories of Thomas (in “Mandolin,” the book's first part) and his wife, Beulah (in “Canary in Bloom,” the second part). The parts are meant to be read sequentially and offer the male and female perspectives on some seventy years of private history. The two parts are followed by a “Chronology” that provides an imagined framework of the critical years...
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