Francis, Matthew
Mandeville
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571239276
- author:
- Francis, Matthew
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 64
- Dimensions:
- 131mm X 197mm
- Genre:
- Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Mandeville is a sequence of poems that celebrate and give voice to a medieval knight's travels through Africa, India, and the Middle East in 1322. This narrative is a fantastical collection of sights, interwoven with geographical descriptions that are perfectly accurate.
The poem is narrated in the terse, solitary, conflicted and strangely passionate voice of this medieval Crusoe, whose very existence was disputed. Francis's new collection brings Mandeville to life in his own words, caught as he is between physical and symbolic geographies, between a world that is round and one that has Jerusalem at its centre.
With 64 pages of poetry, this book offers a unique perspective on the intersection of geography and symbolism. It is presented in paperback format.
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