Norris, Christopher

For the Tempus-Fugitives: Poems & Verse-Essays

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ISBN 13:: 9781845198671
author:: Norris, Christopher
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Sussex Academic Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2017
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 23 x 15.5 centimetres (0.39 kg)
Genre:: Poetry, General,
Condition:: New
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This latest collection of poems and verse-essays by Christopher Norris revisits many of his familiar themes as a philosopher, literary theorist, and writer on music. Topics include metaphysics, the nature of subjective time-experience, poetic truth, and musical theory.

Among these pieces are shorter, more occasional works, including an epithalamion for his daughter, a satirical poem imagined in the voice of ancient Greek satirist Archilochus, and several shrewdly angled political poems referencing events from the 1980s to the present. Norris's verse-essays are characterised by intellectual range, perceptive wit, and formal inventiveness.

These poems make a strong case for poetry as a vehicle for argument, dialogue, and open debate, showcasing Norris's unique ability to engage with complex ideas through his writing.

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