Anti-basilisk (Paperback)

In The Anti-Basilisk Christopher Middleton, in the spirit that impelled Shelley to write The Masque of Anarchy, reveals as crooked the apparently straight and sees what's coming round corners with a clarity that dazzles. Bruno Schulz in 1937 made an observation that might stand as epigraph to this collection: 'Thrones wilt when they are not fed with blood, their vitality grows with the mass of wrongs committed, with life-denials, with the crushing of all that is perpetually different and that has been ousted by them.' Certain dilemmas in such a prospect are implicit in the shady figures of 'Saul Pinkard' and 'Doctor Dark'. The Basilisk of the title is a sort of monster, all ego, atavistic and implacable. The poems fall into five sections, the first and fourth twenty-poem panoramas, the fifth a gathering of translations.

General

Imprint:	Carcanet Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2005
Authors:	Christopher Middleton
Dimensions:	136 x 215 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-1-85754-789-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85754-789-6
Barcode:	9781857547894

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