Place in the World (Paperback)

Iain Bamforth

ISBN 10: 1857547608 / ISBN 13: 9781857547603

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, Manchester, 2005

About this Item

Paperback. Written under the sign of Eros, builder and destroyer of cities, and prefaced by an epigraph from Keats, the poems in A Place in the World are about home and antipodes, identity as a shibboleth and institutions as leviathans, Pacific islands and raised beaches, Edens and new Jerusalems, the critical spirit and the need for continuity. Cradling Scotland's stony myths in his palm, the poet sets off for Europe, an old civilisation that can barely reconcile itself to having become a colony of its own Utopia. In his pocket is a battered copy of the civil philosophy, also out of Scotland, that lends the book its punning title. Somewhere in the looming shadow of the cities is the poet, still looking - like the Greek philosopher - for human beings. A Place in the World, Iain Bamforth's fourth collection, is his most lyrical, challenging and considered work to date. A Place in the World, Iain Bamforth's fourth collection, is his most lyrical, challenging and considered work to date. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Place in the World (Paperback)
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd, Manchester
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857547608
• ISBN 13: 9781857547603
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Written under the sign of Eros, builder and destroyer of cities, and prefaced by an epigraph from John Keats, these poems reflect home and antipodes, the critical spirit, and the need for continuity. Departing from Scotland with a battered copy of the civil philosophy that lends the book its punning title, the poet sets off for Europe. Once immersed in the old civilization he, like the Greek philosopher he seeks to emulate, finds himself in the looming shadow of the cities, still looking for human beings.

About the Author

Iain Bamforth is the author of The Body in the Library, Open Workings, and Sons and Pioneers.