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Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
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Paperback. Surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. Editor(s): Finlay, Alec. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. Selections. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. 334 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Finlay, Alec. Surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight: 376.
This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. It illuminates the evolution from his early years of composing plays, stories and lyrical poems to his discovery of Concrete poetry and his emergence as a key figure in the international avant-garde of the 1960s.
This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. It illuminates the evolution from his early years of composing plays, stories and lyrical poems to his discovery of Concrete poetry and his emergence as a key figure in the international avant-garde of the 1960s.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Poets for the Millennium S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520270596
SKU
V9780520270596
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About Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was an acclaimed Scottish poet and artist. Alec Finlay is an artist and poet.
Reviews for Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
A hugely enjoyable anthology of Finlay's writings, in prose, and truly beautiful-especially when surreal-verse.
Andrew McNeillie Country Life [Finlay's] temples are mock-historic edifices, but who are we to say that they are not sacred sites? Booktryst This welcome new volume ... is full of revelations that cast new light on the subject.
Gerald ... Read more
Andrew McNeillie Country Life [Finlay's] temples are mock-historic edifices, but who are we to say that they are not sacred sites? Booktryst This welcome new volume ... is full of revelations that cast new light on the subject.
Gerald ... Read more