| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
818.54 Gib |
| Item number |
14 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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5721 |
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5721 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
818.54 Gib |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gibson, William frey50 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A mass for the dead |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
William Gibson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Atheneum |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1968 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
431 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Quare Tristis Es |
| Title |
Of all such earthy melt |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introit |
| Title |
Beginning Work |
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Now let me conjure |
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Introibo |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Kyrie |
| Title |
Green hearts, and stalker |
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October end |
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Kyrie Eleison |
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After a quarrel |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Paternoster |
| Title |
Forever Mutely Drown |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Lavabo |
| Title |
Survivor in Orchard |
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The plot where the garden lived |
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Family Tree |
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Lavabo inter Innocentes |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Memento |
| Title |
Tobia's prayer |
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Or Mud like me |
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Memento Famulorum |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Sanctus |
| Title |
To all their blackened ears |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Preface |
| Title |
Is live, and uncurls |
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Growing |
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In personis proprietas |
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Burning bush |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Confiteor |
| Title |
And began with goodbye |
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Jingle |
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Cogitatione, Verbo, et Opere |
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Midwork |
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Between sleep and daylight |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Epistle |
| Title |
A gift of suns |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Offertory |
| Title |
Fifty |
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Blood in the leaf |
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In the eye of my father |
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Pod |
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Ne Cadant in Obscurum |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Dies Irae |
| Title |
December 28th |
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Lacrimosa Dies Illa |
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Sunset I saw by |
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To my survivors |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Agnus Dei |
| Title |
The green is back |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Credo |
| Title |
The Wit flowing under the world |
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April fool |
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Of rag and spit and eye |
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Apology for no poems |
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In Unum Deum |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Gloria |
| Title |
Lullaby |
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An exaltation of larks |
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Ending work |
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Et in Terra Pax |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Ite, Missa Est |
| Title |
Is, Now |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This is written in remembrance of Gibson's deceased parents and in honor of their lives. In reflecting on them he in turn makes it a tribute to parenthood and a dedication to his own children. Gibson's language is striking in its poignancy. Despite the title, this is not a religious work, but a work of love from a child to parent and from the child-become-parent to his own children. Interspersed between the reminiscences of his parents and his childhood, Gibson inserts achingly beautiful epistles to his children for their guidance about life and parenting. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gibson, William |
| Dates associated with a name |
1914-2008 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
800 - 899 |
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818.54 Gib |
| 961 WL - |
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14 |