Muscovy

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Francis is the author of four Faber collections, most recently Muscovy (2013). He has twice been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and in 2004 was chosen as one of the Next Generation poets. He has also edited W. S. Graham's New Collected Poems , and published a collection of short stories and two novels, the second of which, The Book of the Needle (Cinnamon Press), came out in 2014. He lives in West Wales and is Professor in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. Klappentext The joys of the world and of the imagination find their equivalent in Francis's joy in the possibilities of language: 'A basket of snow for the Empress / with a poem ofmodest triumph: / I made this out of what does not last.' Fact meets fable, and science meets reason in Muscovy by Matthew Francis, this magical new collection from the acclaimed poet. Zusammenfassung The joys of the world and of the imagination find their equivalent in Francis's joy in the possibilities of language: 'A basket of snow for the Empress / with a poem ofmodest triumph: / I made this out of what does not last.'

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Matthew Francis, Francis Matthew
• Edition: Faber & Faber
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.05.2013
• EAN: 9780571297351
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29735-1
• Pages: 80
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 222 mm x 12 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; POETRY / General, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets