Essex Clay

Cod : 9780571339969

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Andrew Motion''s prose memoir In the Blood (2006) was widely acclaimed, praised as ''an act of magical retrieval'' (Daily Telegraph) and ''a hymn to familial love'' (Independent). Now, twelve years later and three years after moving to live and work in the United States, Motion looks back once more to recreate a stunning biographical sequel - but this time in verse. Essex Clay rekindles, expands and gives a tragic resonance to subjects that have haunted the poet throughout his writing life. In the first part, he tells the story of his mother''s riding accident, long unconsciousness and slow death; in the second, he remembers the end of his father''s life; and in the third, he describes an encounter that deepens the poem''s tangled themes of loss and memory and retrieval. Although the prevailing mood of the poem has a Tennysonian sweep and melancholy, its wealth of physical details and its narrative momentum make it as compelling as a fast-paced novel: a settling of accounts which admits that final resolutions

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Andrew Motion's prose memoir In the Blood (2006) was widely acclaimed, praised as 'an act of magical retrieval' (Daily Telegraph) and 'a hymn to familial love' (Independent). Now, twelve years later and three years after moving to live and work in the United States, Motion looks back once more to recreate a stunning biographical sequel - but this time in verse. Essex Clay rekindles, expands and gives a tragic resonance to subjects that have haunted the poet throughout his writing life. In the first part, he tells the story of his mother's riding accident, long unconsciousness and slow death; in the second, he remembers the end of his father's life; and in the third, he describes an encounter that deepens the poem's tangled themes of loss and memory and retrieval. Although the prevailing mood of the poem has a Tennysonian sweep and melancholy, its wealth of physical details and its narrative momentum make it as compelling as a fast-paced novel: a settling of accounts which admits that final resolutions are impossible.

Specificatii

Anul publicarii	2018
ISBN	9780571339969
Format coperta	Cartonata
Numar pagini	112
Limba	Englezã
Domeniul	Biography & Autobiography
Autor	Andrew Motion
De aceeasi editura	Faber & Faber
CM	92712
DS	D/1#BR/1#MEGA/2
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9780571339969
Dimensiuni	Height: 5.66928 Inches, Length: 8.89762 Inches, Width: 0.74803 Inches