Few poets can alter readers' orientation as radically as does Ciaran Carson. In Breaking News, this former master of the long line employs two- and three-syllable lines to alter tempo, the time of his narrative, and the distinction between separate wars and eras. The imperial past, which haunts Belfast in its Crimean place-names, its violence, and its scissorblade meeting of different cultures, bleeds into the present. In many of these poems Carson brings into a visual and tactile present of smell and sound and taste ...
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Few poets can alter readers' orientation as radically as does Ciaran Carson. In Breaking News, this former master of the long line employs two- and three-syllable lines to alter tempo, the time of his narrative, and the distinction between separate wars and eras. The imperial past, which haunts Belfast in its Crimean place-names, its violence, and its scissorblade meeting of different cultures, bleeds into the present. In many of these poems Carson brings into a visual and tactile present of smell and sound and taste radical revisions of paintings, other poems, and bulletins of a war correspondent "to accommodate rhyme and rhythm," as he says in his notes, or to post, as Pound says of poetry, the "news that stays news." Winner of the 2003 Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection.
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Like New. First edition-Like new copy in original cloth with dustwrapper-Includes newsclippings carefully folded with publisher and dates noted-3/0090-74pp. -The Gallery Press, Oldcastle, Co. Meath. 2003. First edition. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Gallery Press, 2003. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to top page ends. Covers have light shelf wear and small black dot on front cover. 72 pages. ISBN: 9781852353391. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
