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The Compass Dances
Michael Pickering
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Description for The Compass Dances
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The Compass Dances is a collection of poems written from 1955 to 2015; the work of almost a lifetime. Influenced by the author’s long absence from England, this strikingly original collection provides unique reflection on simultaneously writing in two languages, far away from the familiarity of home. With a nod to postmodernism, the process of authorial construction is left deliberately exposed. Asides and footnotes are used to signpost the reader and provide insight into the inspiration behind Pickering’s writing. There are also many poems whose compelling inner force needs no explanation, appearing to have sprung fully formed from the mind ... Read more
The Compass Dances is a collection of poems written from 1955 to 2015; the work of almost a lifetime. Influenced by the author’s long absence from England, this strikingly original collection provides unique reflection on simultaneously writing in two languages, far away from the familiarity of home. With a nod to postmodernism, the process of authorial construction is left deliberately exposed. Asides and footnotes are used to signpost the reader and provide insight into the inspiration behind Pickering’s writing. There are also many poems whose compelling inner force needs no explanation, appearing to have sprung fully formed from the mind ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Market Harborough, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784625191
SKU
V9781784625191
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Pickering
Michael Pickering was born in England in 1935. He attended the universities of Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester, Toronto and Lancaster. As linguist and teacher, he worked in England, Italy and Finland. Besides writing poetry and fiction, and researching language, he draws and paints.
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