Gelman, Annelyse
Vexations (Phoenix Poets)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226826110
- author:
- Gelman, Annelyse
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 56
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 16.4 x 1 centimetres (0.12
- Genre:
- Poetry, General, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Annelyse Gelman's Vexations is a genre-warping work of contemporary poetry that balances affective intimacies with dystopian political vision. This long poem navigates multiple fronts, traversing scales from the dramatic scope of its quest narrative to the miniaturist phenomenological precision of its lyric progression. Threats and anxieties are inextricable here: environmental disaster, medical treatments, medication, motherhood, grasshoppers, horses, shopping malls, evolution, inheritance, advertising. Gelman's writing is endlessly inventive, with nearly every line worthy of independent attention. The result is a singular work that advances its tragic narrative on multiple fronts. Vexations is a dreamlike, fragmentary work that challenges traditional notions of narrative and poetry. Its central drama revolves around the journey of a mother and her daughter through a speculative world that seems both contemporary and unsettlingly alternative.
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