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Map of the Territory
Nigel Forde
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Description for Map of the Territory
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Nigel Forde is fascinated by things in the process of change: music, the momentary epiphany, the precarious balance of twilight rather than night or day. The poems, written over a period of years, meditate on memory and landscape: in the unremarkable and evanescent lives can find their greatest clarity. Two central sequences, 'A Map of the Territory' and 'Touchstones', express ways of remaking memories in language. 'Touchstones', a Hungarian sonnet sequence, explores the creative possibilities of strict poetic forms. 'A Map of the Territory' attempts both truth to events and to what distance has made of them. The collection maps ... Read more
Nigel Forde is fascinated by things in the process of change: music, the momentary epiphany, the precarious balance of twilight rather than night or day. The poems, written over a period of years, meditate on memory and landscape: in the unremarkable and evanescent lives can find their greatest clarity. Two central sequences, 'A Map of the Territory' and 'Touchstones', express ways of remaking memories in language. 'Touchstones', a Hungarian sonnet sequence, explores the creative possibilities of strict poetic forms. 'A Map of the Territory' attempts both truth to events and to what distance has made of them. The collection maps ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903039694
SKU
V9781903039694
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99-50
About Nigel Forde
NIGEL FORDE lives in York, where he began his career as an actor at the Theatre Royal. He co-founded Riding Lights Theatre Co., and has contributed to many BBC radio programmes, most notably as a presenter of Radio 4's Bookshelf. One of his screenplays for the BBC 2 animation series Testament won an EMMY, and his latest film was awarded ... Read more
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