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Description for Full Volume Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.

Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, Full Volume sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. From revved-up battle-cry to nervous whisper, these lyrical poems praise intricate abundance.

Assured in its rhymes and cadences, Full Volume is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. As their tones and forms shift from the spiritual to the wry, from haiku to brosnachadh, the poems' resonance and music build into a sustained sounding of what it means to live, love, and listen in a world where 'Nothing is ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224080873
SKU
V9780224080873
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-33

About Robert Crawford
Robert Crawford is a poet, biographer, critic and literary historian who has published eight full collections of poetry and many prose books, including two major biographies of T.S. Eliot: Young Eliot and Eliot After The Waste Land. Emeritus Wardlaw Professor of Poetry at the University of St Andrews, he is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the ... Read more

Reviews for Full Volume
A poet of great importance... fluent, inventive, funny, crackling with intellectual energy and at the very heart of our own time
Iain Crichton Smith
Scotsman
Robert Crawford is one of the most distinctive of these new virtuosi. A gifted critic as well as a poet, he relishes the language game, but also keeps a grasp on more ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Full Volume


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