Ginninderra press jul 2021 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Against a backdrop of boundless wildfire, poetry of losing and parting, unearthing and resurging - as ever, in a voice comfortable with mystery. Elizabeth Goodsir is a Tasmanian poet. Her previous books include It Can Take Till Now and Blue Pollen Beautiful.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The lives celebrated in Three Obituaries are of three diverse twentieth century figures: Jeanne Claude (1935-2009), Sophie Moss (1917-2009) and Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010). Jeanne Claude, the partner of the field artist Christo, was a prime mover in all their projects. Sophie Moss, born in Poland, embodied the wide-ranging turbulence of Europe during the war years. Mandelbrot famously discovered and named fractals, thereby altering the public perception of Geometry. For each of these figures, Watson devises epyllions, making of each life a lyrical epic.The Afternoon Tea is a Chekhovian affair shared with the poet Joseph Brodsky.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Four Refrains, John Watson has invented a kaleidoscope of glittering facets. A curious incident from the life of the Surrealist Magritte; a sequence in four parts which won the Blake Prize for Poetry; an extended tribute to the poet Wislawa Szymborska, the cigarette-smoking Nobel Prizewinner, who left a remarkably small body of work; and, finally, a second amusing incident involving a work by the modernist artist, Cy Twombly. Each of these Refrains demonstrates Watson's verve and readiness to explore untrodden ways.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Robin Sinclair lives, writes and paints in the Adelaide Hills. This collection of poems and reflections was put together during the long Covid lockdown of 2020. Later in that year, she turned eighty.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gawain and the Green Knight is the celebrated poem from the time of Chaucer, written in the dialect then current in the north of England. Chaucer's language outlasted this dialect. The poem draws on rich Arthurian and folk traditions involving the Green Man and knightly virtue. It has been frequently translated but John Watson has chosen to devise a version running parallel to the original while avoiding direct translation. Here Gawain struggles afresh with the Green Knight's gruesome challenge and overcomes mysterious temptations in order to preserve the precept of Virtue as required at the Round Table.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Vashti Farrer has had more than 100 short stories published. In this collection, she places characters in their historical settings or quirky, timeless situations, and explores the power of human interaction with humour, poignancy and compassion.