Exploding with Carnivalesque and antic energy, The Fool and the Physician shows the formal range and wit of Andy Brown's poetry, from traditional lyric forms such as pantoums, sonnets and ballads, to paradelles, prayers, prose poems, and many playful devices inspired by the authors of the OuLiPo. The poems center on the figure of the Clown and the Fool, exploring the meanings and associations attached to these characters. In part one, clowns career into space, up to heaven, knock at our front doors and expound upon the end ...
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Exploding with Carnivalesque and antic energy, The Fool and the Physician shows the formal range and wit of Andy Brown's poetry, from traditional lyric forms such as pantoums, sonnets and ballads, to paradelles, prayers, prose poems, and many playful devices inspired by the authors of the OuLiPo. The poems center on the figure of the Clown and the Fool, exploring the meanings and associations attached to these characters. In part one, clowns career into space, up to heaven, knock at our front doors and expound upon the end of the world. The second half of the book is based on some of the remarkable paintings of Hieronymus Bosch - from direct responses to his works, to personal poems, or the more tangential approaches such as the densely erotic Garden of Earthly Delights - playing off Bosch's extraordinary representations of fools and visions of human folly.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9781844713462.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Appears to be signed by author Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9781844713462.
