Nominy-Dominy

Lesley Saunders

ISBN 10: 1909747343 / ISBN 13: 9781909747340

Editore: Two Rivers Press, 2018

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo BS-9781909747340

Riassunto:

Nominy-Dominy, Lesley Saunders’ fourth collection, is an extended praise-song for the Greek and Latin literature she grew up with as a schoolgirl. These poems respond, in oblique and glancing ways, to the riches of these two cultures: brief glimpses into the dream-world of the Iliad and Odyssey, vignettes of an estranged Roman Britain, and windows onto the mediaeval Latin lyric.

Three long poems – contemplating ‘The Uses of Greek’, imagining the poet Sappho living out her life on the island of Inishbofin, and celebrating ‘The Farness of Latin’ – mark transitions between thematic clusters of shorter pieces. Nominy-Dominy, with its vivid enactment of how, and why, antiquity continues to shape us, will confirm what Michael Hulse, writing in The Poetry Review of her 2012 Cloud Camera, found to be a ‘most intelligent and thrilling book of poetry’.

Informazioni sull'autore: Lesley Saunders has written six poetry collections, most recently the chapbook Angels on Horseback (smith doorstop 2017), and has performed at festivals and on the radio. Winner of many awards for her work, Lesley has collaborated with artists, photographers, sculptors, dancers, and a composer and choir. A reviewer, editor, mentor and workshop leader, she holds visiting professorships at UCL Institute of Education, and Newman University, Birmingham.

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Titolo: Nominy-Dominy
Casa editrice: Two Rivers Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: PAP
Condizione: New