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A Two-Part Invention
Elizabeth Garrett
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Description for A Two-Part Invention
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 4. Weight in Grams: 97.
The informing spirit of Garrett's second collection is music – in the cadences of the language, the forms and resolutions of the poems. For her, a memorable poem is a kind of two-part invention, an interplay of the reader's imagination and the poet's intention. As in Bach's deceptively simple studies of that name, when the two discrete melodic lines of reader's and poet's imagination run parallel, polyphony is suggested. Elizabeth Garrett's debut volume The Rule of Three was one of the 20 'New Generation Poets' titles in 1994. A Two-Part Invention was her second collection.
The informing spirit of Garrett's second collection is music – in the cadences of the language, the forms and resolutions of the poems. For her, a memorable poem is a kind of two-part invention, an interplay of the reader's imagination and the poet's intention. As in Bach's deceptively simple studies of that name, when the two discrete melodic lines of reader's and poet's imagination run parallel, polyphony is suggested. Elizabeth Garrett's debut volume The Rule of Three was one of the 20 'New Generation Poets' titles in 1994. A Two-Part Invention was her second collection.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852244620
SKU
V9781852244620
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99-28
About Elizabeth Garrett
Elizabeth Garrett was born in London in 1958, and grew up in Channel Islands. Her first book of poems, The Rule of Three (Bloodaxe Books, 1991), was selected for the New Generation Poets promotion in 1994, and followed by a second collection, A Two-Part Invention, in 1998. Her poems appeared in Carol Rumens’ anthology New Women Poets (Bloodaxe Books, 1990), ... Read more
Reviews for A Two-Part Invention
It is a “metaphysical” poetry (John Donne is one of the few ascertainable influences), almost glacial in its composure, intangible and profoundly erotic.
Francesco Rugnoni
L’Indice (Italy)
As near to a pure lyric poet as we’ll get in our times.
Peter Forbes
Poetry Review
Francesco Rugnoni
L’Indice (Italy)
As near to a pure lyric poet as we’ll get in our times.
Peter Forbes
Poetry Review