At the center of James McAuley's new collection--the work of over a decade since his previous book, Coming & Going, New & Selected --is the sequence, "God's Pattern," meditations on the Stations of the Cross, an old devotional form of pilgrimage or "pattern" still practiced in rural parishes of the poet's native country, Ireland. Theme and treatment vary throughout the collection, from somber reflection on the fate of a drunk in a cheap hotel room, "Cantata for the Feast of St. Anonymous," to the scathing Celtic-style ...
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At the center of James McAuley's new collection--the work of over a decade since his previous book, Coming & Going, New & Selected --is the sequence, "God's Pattern," meditations on the Stations of the Cross, an old devotional form of pilgrimage or "pattern" still practiced in rural parishes of the poet's native country, Ireland. Theme and treatment vary throughout the collection, from somber reflection on the fate of a drunk in a cheap hotel room, "Cantata for the Feast of St. Anonymous," to the scathing Celtic-style satire, "The Gingriad." McAuley is well regarded for his experiments with traditional forms and rhythms: examples included are blank-verse narratives and elegies, a Haiku sequence, sonnets, a variation on the topographical poetry of the seventeenth century, even a carmen figurata . Meditations, With Distractions has the qualities that all good poetry should possess: depth, erudition, accessibility, a joy in the practice of language. Combine these qualities with McAuley's humanity and humor, and the result is a collection that readers will come to enjoy and appreciate more and more with each successive reading.
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Like New. 2001. 0th Edition. Paperback. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159 94pp. Keywords: Irish poetry. First edition copy....Signed Copy. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) VG pictorial softcover. 2000. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on title page. Pages all clean/unmarked. LIghtest scuffs. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. 94 ppl.
