CLAVICS

Geoffrey Hill's Clavics was published as an installment of Daybooks. Hill's subject matter is often hard to disentangle, but that's my fault; it is not his. I have rarely found him as approachable as other poets, but then up pops an instance where something stirs under the density and change happens. His poems can be allusive, dissonant, and yet playful as Finnegans Wake. Many poets deploy surface difficulty (Guy Davenport called it false density ) to mask essential emptiness; but when Hill is difficult it is because he has something to say that cannot be said glibly. He rewards attentive readers. This fabulous and perfect signed limited edition is number 49 of ONLY 100 copies. It is signed by the author on the half-title. There is a splendid photographic illustration inset to the front cover, and two other illustrations from historical sources within the book. Beautifully cloth bound, in a matching, slipcase, it is emphatically signed by the Author and now VERY RARE INDEED.