From the Great Above She Opened Her Ear to the Great Below - Softcover

Tim Lilburn; Susan Shantz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0919626394 ISBN 13: 9780919626393

Publisher: Brick Books, 1991

Synopsis

In this collaboration, which can be viewed as two visions in dialogue, Shantz and Lilburn each focus on the story of the Sumerian goddess Inanna, who descends from her throne in heaven to the underworld. After being killed there by her sister, Inanna is reborn to return transformed, with her adornments no longer external but "formed by the scars of her healed wounds" (Shantz), a new Inanna who is also "a new physics" (Lilburn). By dramatizing the myth of the female dying-and- rising divinity in Lilburn's poetic sequence and a series of colour photographs of Shantz's room-sized constructions, the book offers us all access to the roots of feminine power in our lives.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Lilburn is a poet and essayist, and the author of six books of poems. His book Kill-site won the 2003 Governor General's Award for poetry (McClelland & Stewart). He currently lives in Victoria, BC where he teaches at the University of Victoria.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brick Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0919626394
• ISBN 13: 9780919626393
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48