Isbn: 9781550656572 - national animal (signal editions) (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. National Animal, Derek Websters second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut Mockingbird. In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Websters quiet, sharp-eyed narrator a man tripping / my way forward, trying to lead my own life watches history being erased in favour of more socially palatable ideas and comforting self-portraits. Uncompromising and substantial, National Animal explores our civic moment where ""birds sing oblivion / estranged from all things,"" and meditates, in a final image-rich sequence, on our place in a science-based cosmos. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Zustand: New. National Animal, Derek Webster's second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut Mockingbird. In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Webster's quiet, sharp-eyed narrator- a man " tripping / my way forward, trying to lead my own life" - watches history being erased in favour of more socially palatable ideas and comforting self-portraits. Uncompromising and substantial, National Animal explores our " civic moment" where ""birds sing oblivion / estranged from all things,"" and meditates, in a final image-rich sequence, on our place in a science-based cosmos.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. National Animal, Derek Webster's second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut Mockingbird. In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Webster's quiet, sharp-eyed narrator- a man " tripping / my way forward, trying to lead my own life" - watches history being erased in favour of more socially palatable ideas and comforting self-portraits. Uncompromising and substantial, National Animal explores our " civic moment" where ""birds sing oblivion / estranged from all things,"" and meditates, in a final image-rich sequence, on our place in a science-based cosmos.…