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Jemma L. King - The Undressed - 9781909844803 - V9781909844803
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The Undressed

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Description for The Undressed Hardcover. The Undressed is a poetry collection inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women. King studied the photographs ranging from the 1840s to the 1930s and attempted to return voices to these mostly anonymous women lost to history. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
The Undressed is a poetry collection inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women. King studied the photographs ranging from the 1840s to the 1930s and attempted to return voices to these mostly anonymous women lost to history. Meet Olive, the silent movie star, Karolina, 'The Folding Girl of Kotka', and Mary, the prostitute who hopes the judge she's due to stand before will turn out to be a client...

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909844803
SKU
V9781909844803
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jemma L. King
Jemma L. King is a founding member of the Centre for Women, Writing and Literary Culture and has read and published her work internationally. Her debut collection The Shape of a Forest was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wales Book of the Year and The Roland Mathias Prize. She was also selected as a Scritture Giovanni ... Read more

Reviews for The Undressed
'Haunting, distinctive and sensual, The Undressed beautifully demonstrates King's empathy and showcases her poetic flair.' New Welsh Review 'One of the most distinctive and exciting volumes of poetry to have come out of Wales in many years... This is a writer whose inheritance is the work of Plath, Sexton and Duffy, but whose voice and project are entirely her ... Read more

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