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Item Details
Title:
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TAKING THE OCCASION
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By: |
Daniel James Brown |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
1566638011 |
ISBN 13: |
9781566638012 |
Publisher: |
IVAN R DEE, INC |
Pub. date: |
11 September, 2008 |
Series: |
New Criterion Series |
Pages: |
80 |
Synopsis: |
The eighth winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize is Daniel Brown's Taking the Occasion. From its opening lines, his book sounds a new note in poetry: "The thing about the old one about / The tree in the forest and nobody's around / And how it falls maybe with a sound, / Maybe not ..." In poem after poem, Mr. Brown plays urban speech rhythms (much as Robert Frost played rural ones) across the back-beat of meter and rhyme. Distinctive in matter as well as in manner, Taking the Occasion addresses subjects that range from a moment's fancy to stirring ruminations on existence. In a time when many poets see subjects as superfluous, Brown demonstrates the abiding power of an arresting premise, much as music derives life from a memorable tune. His work repeatedly sounds emotional or philosophical depths, yet he isn't above eliciting a laugh in the process. |
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US |
Imprint: |
Ivan R Dee, Inc |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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