Jackaman Rob (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Broken English/Breaking English discusses the work of some prominent contemporary poets writing in English. It examines the challenges to a poetic discourse that was claimed in immediately post-Second World War England to be "pure" and "English." The study begins with a scrutiny of what Donald Davie called "Purity of Diction," and offers a contrary view generated earlier by emergent American (literary) English in the work of Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams. There follows consideration of the clash between Alfred Alvarez labeled "the Gentility Principle" and American-sourced "confessionalism," before the debate moves to the contemporary period. Successive chapters are devoted to women's poetry as offering a challenge to Davie-style "pure" English; to the new poetic dictions "breaking" in ethnicminority poetry in England; to work going on in English on the British geographical frontiers - Northern Ireland and Scotland; and to poetry written in ex-British colonies and dominions, specifically Australia (Publisher). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 54 pages. ex library -internally sound -tape bleeding to spine.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 54 pages. white card covers a few smudge marks.

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Hotere, Ralph (illustrator). First Edition. Some light vertical creasing to wrappers. ; 53 pages. Card wrappers. French flaps. Page dimensions: 219 x 145mm. Front and rear wrapper illustrations from Ralph Hotere's "Black Windows" series of paintings. Also some illustrations by Ralph Hotere, Barry Cleavin, and Don Peebles within the book. Jackaman is an English-born New Zealand poet. This copy signed by the author on the title page, dated 1994. ; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Covers and spine are worn and stained. Back cover is creased. Some light foxing on edges and endpapers. Else book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Condition: Good. Volume 22 only. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, and may have sticker on cover, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

hardcover. Condition: Good. exlibrary hardcover book no dust jacket, usual library marks, has some light reader wear.