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The Space of Joy
John Fuller
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Description for The Space of Joy
Paperback. Features a sequence of poems that recounts the endless desire for love (and the failures and compromises that accompany that desire) in a number of writers and musicians who fatally prioritise their art. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
The Space of Joy is a sequence of poems that recounts the endless desire for love (and the failures and compromises that accompany that desire) in a number of writers and musicians who fatally prioritise their art. It begins with Petrarch, who created great lyric poetry out of an impossible infatuation, and moves through Coleridge's self-induced guilt within domestic happiness, Matthew Arnold's disbelief in mutual love, Brahm's self-delusion and the complexities of Wallace Stevens's marriage.
It so happens that both Brahms and Arnold found themselves contemplating their art and their lives in the small Swiss town of Thun, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780701181109
SKU
V9780701181109
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Ref
99-1
About John Fuller
John Fuller, born in Ashford, Kent, is an acclaimed poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires (1996) was awarded the Forward Prize; Ghosts (2004) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for Poetry; The Space of Joy (2006) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award, and The Grey Among the Green (1988), Song & Dance (2008) and Pebble & I ... Read more
Reviews for The Space of Joy
Fuller is a wonderfully skilled craftsman and the grace and elegance of his style is at the service of not only a sharp wit and intelligence, but a great depth of feeling
Sunday Telegraph
Sustained and deeply felt, it is unafraid to create 'The Space of Joy'
Arts & Book Review
A work of formal virtuosity ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Sustained and deeply felt, it is unafraid to create 'The Space of Joy'
Arts & Book Review
A work of formal virtuosity ... Read more