- We will send in 10–14 business days.
/images/books/12481215/9781910251362.jpg)
- Author: Theo Dorgan
- Publisher: Dedalus Press
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 80
- ISBN-10: 1910251364
- ISBN-13: 9781910251362
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
- SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA
Reviews
Description
From self-imposed distance ("I stand back from the streetlight at her school gate") to a distance that cannot be bridged in a single lifetime, the poems in Theo Dorgan's extraordinary new collection tell the story of Orpheus, the musician-poet, from artistic awakening through to the cost of remaining faithful to his calling.
In a book presented in two halves, and composed throughout in sapphics - in English, one of the most challenging of poetic forms - Dorgan's contemporary Orpheus is part-drifter, part-troubadour, part-lover, recognising deeper patterns in his behaviour, but always of this place and time. In the book's second half, the locus shifts farther out into mythic space with a parallel narrative from the Greek world that both mirrors and interweaves with the first half's here-and-now.
Together they offer a fresh, adventurous and unexpected take on a foundational mythic figure.
EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
The promotion ends in 23d.07:19:46
The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.
- Author: Theo Dorgan
- Publisher: Dedalus Press
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 80
- ISBN-10: 1910251364
- ISBN-13: 9781910251362
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
From self-imposed distance ("I stand back from the streetlight at her school gate") to a distance that cannot be bridged in a single lifetime, the poems in Theo Dorgan's extraordinary new collection tell the story of Orpheus, the musician-poet, from artistic awakening through to the cost of remaining faithful to his calling.
In a book presented in two halves, and composed throughout in sapphics - in English, one of the most challenging of poetic forms - Dorgan's contemporary Orpheus is part-drifter, part-troubadour, part-lover, recognising deeper patterns in his behaviour, but always of this place and time. In the book's second half, the locus shifts farther out into mythic space with a parallel narrative from the Greek world that both mirrors and interweaves with the first half's here-and-now.
Together they offer a fresh, adventurous and unexpected take on a foundational mythic figure.
Reviews