From Base Materials
by
Jenny Lewis
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1800174160
ISBN-13
9781800174160
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Imprint
Carcanet Poetry
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 2024
Print length
90 Pages
Weight
116 grams
Dimensions
13.30 x 21.60 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry / PoemsPoetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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These poems are apocalyptic and sensory, coming from a place of hurt and love, of the human spirit struggling to transcend 'base matter' and make sense of the world.
Rich and various, From Base Materials ranges thematically from violence towards women, love in old age and surviving cancer to translations from Arabic and Russian and a topical re-imagining of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The poems speak of formation, transformation and the struggles of the human spirit to transmute 'base matter' and accept mortality and frailty of the flesh with courage and compassion. For the long poem, 'Love in Old Age', Jenny Lewis says: 'Although it addresses a lover, it is really about multiple experiences of love (both real and imagined) throughout a long life and how I am as much a literary construct as a human individual. I have drawn on literature that has shaped me, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, early Celtic nature poetry and hermit poetry and, more recently, feminist writings such as those of Hélène Cixous.'
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