Burnside, John

Gift Songs

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ISBN 13:
9780224079976
author:
Burnside, John
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Jonathan Cape
language:
English
Publication Year:
2007
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
12.7 x 1.02 x 20.32 centimetres
Genre:
Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£12.19

Description

Gift Songs is a collection of poems that explore the nature of faith and connection. The book begins with an interrogation of the gift song, examining the relationship between the individual and the world around them. Burnside's poems move through explorations of time and place, towards a tentative and idiosyncratic re-ligere, or renewal of faith in an ordered world. The book closes with a series of meditations on place, entitled "Four Quartets", which are both a spiritual response to the music of Bartók and Britten, and an experiment in poetic form. The poems in this collection are characterized by their beauty, power, and mystery, and are imbued with the generous skills of a master of his craft.

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