Written over a period of two decades, The Law of Poetry contains poems that pay personal tributes to 'things'-broccoli, ducks and concrete-as well as poems that seek to physically enter the realm of abstract concepts -chance, kindness and explanations. Set out in alphabetical order-as if a dictionary of essences-each poem is titled 'The Law of Some
Written over a period of two decades, The Law of Poetry contains poems that pay personal tributes to 'things'-broccoli, ducks and concrete-as well as poems that seek to physically enter the realm of abstract concepts -chance, kindness and explanations. Set out in alphabetical order-as if a dictionary of essences-each poem is titled 'The Law of Something', be that 'The Law of Absolutes', 'The Law of the Child, Lost' or 'The Law of Rubber Gloves'. The reader is asked not to judge-as law stereotypically demands-but to engage with this very idiosyncratic world of the individual poet and to be injected, like the shrunken travellers in the 1966 classic, Fantastic Voyage, into the nervous system of another.
Written over a period of two decades, The Law of Poetry contains poems that pay personal tributes to 'things'-broccoli, ducks and concrete-as well as poems that seek to physically enter the realm of abstract concepts -chance, kindness and explanations. Set out in alphabetical order-as if a dictionary of essences-each poem is titled 'The Law of Something', be that 'The Law of Absolutes', 'The Law of the Child, Lost' or 'The Law of Rubber Gloves'. The reader is asked not to judge-as law stereotypically demands-but to engage with this very idiosyncratic world of the individual poet and to be injected, like the shrunken travellers in the 1966 classic, Fantastic Voyage, into the nervous system of another.
The place of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) in European literature is assured, and his significance for the development of German philosophy widely acknowledged. Here the focus is more specifically...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
This book presents a comprehensive study of the development of French versification in the Parnassian and Symbolistic schools of poetry. It covers the cultural and historical events that influenced...
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