Time's Fancy

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• Winner of the 1995 Banta Book Prize for a Wisconsin AuthorRonald Wallace is best known for his wit and good humor, his synthesis of technical skill and strong emotion, his sensory immediacy, his accessibility, and charm. Now in<i>Time's Fancy</i>, his fifth collection, Wallace explores the tragic aspects of life more fully, fashioning a declarative poetry that is darker and deeper, more meditative and complex.

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<b>Ronald Wallace</b> is the author of seven previous books of poetry, including:<i>Long for This World: New and Selected Poems; The Uses of Adversity; Time's Fancy; People and Dog in the Sun;</i> and<i>The Makings of Happiness.</i> His works of literary criticism include:<i>God Be with the Clown: Humor in American Poetry; The Last Laugh: Form and Affirmation in the Contemporary American Comic Novel;</i> and<i>Henry James and the Comic Form.</i> Wallace is Halls-Bascom Professor of English, Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry, and codirector of the creative writing program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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