The Odyssey Complex - and Other Poems

David Briggs' new collection offers a midlife counterpart to the Oedipus complex exploring themes of family ties, nostalgia and retreat, ageing and mortality, acts of memorial and the impulse towards hospitality.

About the author

David Briggs was born in 1972, and grew up in the New Forest. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002, He has published three previous collections of poetry, Rain Rider, The Method Men, and Cracked Skull Cinema. David's work has appeared in widely in journals and anthologies, and as a recording musician, he released an album of original songs in the early 2000s. From 2019-2023, David was co-editor of the Bristol-based poetry journal Raceme.

Summary

David Briggs’ new collection offers a midlife counterpart to the Oedipus complex exploring themes of family ties, nostalgia and retreat, ageing and mortality, acts of memorial and the impulse towards hospitality.

Product details

• Authors: David Briggs, Mr David Briggs
• Publisher: Salt Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781784633301
• ISBN: 978-1-78463-330-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 197 mm x 130 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 120 g
• Series: Salt Modern Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies