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The Wild Party is a book-length narrative poem, written by Joseph Moncure March, who also wrote The Set-Up. Published in 1926 by Pascal Covici, Inc., the poem was widely banned, first in Boston, for having content viewed as lewd. The poem was a success notwithstanding, and perhaps in part due to, the controversy surrounding the work.
- Joseph Moncure March
- 1994
Apr 3, 2024 · The Wild Party opens with a burlesque actress named Queenie and her lover Burrs deciding to throw a decadent Hollywood party, stocked with bathtub gin. But the trouble with taking the poem as a Jazz Age story begins with its 1926 publication.
- Joseph Bottum
Sep 6, 2021 · “The Wild Party,” Joseph Moncure March’s book-length 1928 narrative poem about the end of an era — the end of a long, louche, bacchanalian night of bodies twining together in lust and in...
Jun 19, 1994 · The Wild Party. By Joseph Moncure March and Art Spiegelman. June 19, 1994. The New Yorker, June 27, 1994 P. 155. ART AND VERSE with excerpts from Joseph Moncure March's poem "The Wild...
The Wild Party is a book-length narrative poem, written by Joseph Moncure March, who also wrote The Set-Up. Published in 1926 by Pascal Covici, Inc., the poem was widely banned, first in Boston, for having content viewed as lewd.
The Wild Party is a long narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March. Written in the classical epic style, it is March's first published work. Contents. 1Synopsis. 2Reception. 2.1In popular culture. 3Publications. 4Audio / video. 5External links. Synopsis.
First written in 1928 the poem tells the story of a, um, wild party, during the jazz-age. It follows a couple the beautiful Queenie and her brutish boyfriend Burrs who decide to throw a big party. Both of them go their separate ways at the party and meet new potential sexual partners.
