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Diffractions: New and Collected Poems
Peter Dale
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Description for Diffractions: New and Collected Poems
Paperback. Begins with poems and ends with a collection of epigrams. Between these, the author's published collections appear in chronological sequence. It deals with subjects such as: love, relationships, memory, and all kinds of daily exchange. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432. New and Collected Poems. 304 pages. Begins with poems and ends with a collection of epigrams. Between these, the author's published collections appear in chronological sequence. It deals with subjects such as: love, relationships, memory, and all kinds of daily exchange. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight: 432.
Peter Dale combines intimacy of address and a personal colloquial idiom with remarkable skill in formal verse. He is interested in bringing his subjects - love, relationships, memory, all kinds of daily exchange - directly to the reader, without fuss and with thoughtful craft and conviction. The precision of his writing matches its intensity of feeling. "Diffractions" begins with new poems and ends with a collection of lively and entertaining epigrams. Between these, his published collections appear in chronological sequence. The whole assembles 50 years of elegant, incisive and moving work by a leading British poet of rare skill.
Peter Dale combines intimacy of address and a personal colloquial idiom with remarkable skill in formal verse. He is interested in bringing his subjects - love, relationships, memory, all kinds of daily exchange - directly to the reader, without fuss and with thoughtful craft and conviction. The precision of his writing matches its intensity of feeling. "Diffractions" begins with new poems and ends with a collection of lively and entertaining epigrams. Between these, his published collections appear in chronological sequence. The whole assembles 50 years of elegant, incisive and moving work by a leading British poet of rare skill.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856464393
SKU
V9780856464393
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Ref
99-39
About Peter Dale
Peter Dale worked as a secondary school teacher until his retirement. He is renowned for his translations from French (Corbiere, Laforgue, Valery and Villon) and Italian (a complete terza rima version of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'). He now lives in Cardiff.
Reviews for Diffractions: New and Collected Poems
'Dale's lyric style is intensely intimate whilst avoiding the histrionic pitfalls of the confessional mode. His formidable formal control is similarly understated, living up to his own injunction that "a poet shouldn't draw attention to his stylistic self; the poem should be a lens through which something crucial is seen."' Esther Morgan 'Peter Dale is the ... Read more