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The Clinic, Memory: New and Selected Poems
Elaine Feinstein
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Description for The Clinic, Memory: New and Selected Poems
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Elaine Feinstein's poems are the harvest of a lifetime in literature. This selection, made by the author herself, gathers work from over half a century of published writing, and is completed by a section of new poems.The selection ranges from early poems of feminist rebellion and tender observation of children to elegies for the poet's father and close friends, reflections on middle-age, the conflicts in a long marriage, and meditations on the lot of refugees. In new poems Feinstein records her treatment for cancer, her feelings of dread in the clinic and unexpected moments of 'extravagant happiness'. The exploration of ... Read more
Elaine Feinstein's poems are the harvest of a lifetime in literature. This selection, made by the author herself, gathers work from over half a century of published writing, and is completed by a section of new poems.The selection ranges from early poems of feminist rebellion and tender observation of children to elegies for the poet's father and close friends, reflections on middle-age, the conflicts in a long marriage, and meditations on the lot of refugees. In new poems Feinstein records her treatment for cancer, her feelings of dread in the clinic and unexpected moments of 'extravagant happiness'. The exploration of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784103200
SKU
V9781784103200
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About Elaine Feinstein
Elaine Feinstein read English at Cambridge, and lived there for a quarter of a century with her husband and three children, supervising undergraduates and writing poems novels and plays as well as reviews for most newspapers. In 1959 Charles Olson sent her his famous letter defining breath prosody, but she developed her own voice through making versions of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Clinic, Memory: New and Selected Poems
'Elaine Feinstein has made the juncture between poetry and memoir her own. As befits a poet who is also a master of fiction and biography, she writes with casual erudition and an acute storyteller's eye. Her forays into European culture and history are dazzling.' Fiona Sampson; 'For more than 40 years, Feinstein has been writing intensely lyrical, finely crafted poems.' ... Read more