Smith : a reader's guide to the poetry of Michael Donaghy
2014, First Edition. London : Picador. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #475716
Physical description; xviii, 212 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; The present – The hunter's purse – Remembering steps to dances learned last night – Shibboleth – Caliban's books – Held – Cruising Byzantium – The brother – Acts of Contrition – Machines – Angelus Novus – Annie – Auto da fé – The Bacchae – Cage – Celibates – Where is it written that I must end here – City of God – The classics – A disaster – 'Smith' – Erratum – The tuning – The excuse – A repertoire – Riddle – From the safe house – Haunts – Disquietude – Local 32B – Hazards – Irena of Alexandria – Meridian – A messenger – Not knowing the words – Our life stories – Pentecost – Tears – Timing – The tragedies – Privacy – Ramon Fernandez? – Reliquary – The river in spate – Southwesternmost – The apparatus – The swear box – Two spells for sleeping – Upon a Claude Glass – Exile's end. Subjects; Donaghy, Michael (1954-2004) – Criticism and interpretation. English poetry – 20th-21st centuries.
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