David mccooey (68 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1996 hardcover with jacket/slight tanning along page edges/clean & unmarked/new clear archival cover.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The Book of Falling circles around a thematic focus of falling: falling in love, falling from grace, and exploring fallen worlds in an age marked by calamity.To fall is to be human. We fall in love, fall asleep, and fall from grace. And in this epoch that we have called the Anthropocene, we are witnessing nothing less than the fall of nature.This extraordinary collection, the fifth by the prize-winning poet David McCooey, covers the full tragicomic spectrum of falling: from pratfalls to tragic demises, from accident-prone parents to ruinous celebrities.Within its unifying thematic focus, The Book of Falling is tonally and formally diverse, attending with great artistry to the calamities and absurdities of history and the contemporary world. The collection comprises of satires and elegies, inventive poetic autofictions and biofictions, and innovative photopoems, employing found photos and photographs by the author. This is a collection that welcomes its readers, even as it plunges them into new ways of understanding the beautiful, fallen worlds that we inhabit. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. The Book of Falling. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Star Struck. Book.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 248 pages. Artful Histories is an account of modern Australian autobiography that radica lly revises theories of autobiography and discusses a remarkably broad range of popular and literary texts written over a period of three decades. In his challe nge to post-structuralist theories of autobiography, particularly in terms of au tobiography's relationship with fiction and history, David McCooey analyses the nature of the self, the question of intent and the role of narrative. He discuss es the ways in which the autobiographer makes sense of his or her life through a developing but continuous awareness of the narrative quality of experience. The book explores themes around the mythology of childhood, education, sexuality, t he discovery of hidden histories, the trauma of displacement and death and, fina lly, the importance of place in the Australian imagination.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1996 Hardcover. First Edition stated. Ex-Library with neat library markings. Text is clean, Binding is strong. Very nice blue cloth cover.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 112 pages. 5.83x0.27x8.27 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. 237 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The Book of Falling circles around a thematic focus of falling- falling in love, falling from grace, and exploring fallen worlds in an age marked by calamity.To fall is to be human. We fall in love, fall asleep, and fall from grace. And in this epoch that we have called the Anthropocene, we are witnessing nothing less than the fall of nature.This extraordinary collection, the fifth by the prize-winning poet David McCooey, covers the full tragicomic spectrum of falling- from pratfalls to tragic demises, from accident-prone parents to ruinous celebrities.Within its unifying thematic focus, The Book of Falling is tonally and formally diverse, attending with great artistry to the calamities and absurdities of history and the contemporary world. The collection comprises of satires and elegies, inventive poetic autofictions and biofictions, and innovative photopoems, employing found photos and photographs by the author. This is a collection that welcomes its readers, even as it plunges them into new ways of understanding the beautiful, fallen worlds that we inhabit. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Zustand: New.

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The Book of Falling circles around a thematic focus of falling: falling in love, falling from grace, and exploring fallen worlds in an age marked by calamity.To fall is to be human. We fall in love, fall asleep, and fall from grace. And in this epoch that we have called the Anthropocene, we are witnessing nothing less than the fall of nature.This extraordinary collection, the fifth by the prize-winning poet David McCooey, covers the full tragicomic spectrum of falling: from pratfalls to tragic demises, from accident-prone parents to ruinous celebrities.Within its unifying thematic focus, The Book of Falling is tonally and formally diverse, attending with great artistry to the calamities and absurdities of history and the contemporary world. The collection comprises of satires and elegies, inventive poetic autofictions and biofictions, and innovative photopoems, employing found photos and photographs by the author. This is a collection that welcomes its readers, even as it plunges them into new ways of understanding the beautiful, fallen worlds that we inhabit. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Zustand: New. pp. 248.

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