Collected Film Poetry
Published on 5. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-571-23409-7 (ISBN)
Description
Containing: Arctic Paradise (previously unpublished), Loving Memory (The Muffled Bells, Mimmo Perrella Non e Piu, Cheating the Void, Letters in the Rock), The Blasphemers' Banquet, The Gaze of the Gorgon, Black Daisies for the Bride, A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan, The Shadow of Hiroshima, Prometheus, Metamorpheus (previously unpublished), Crossings (previously unpublished),
With introductions by Tony Harrison and Peter Symes
With introductions by Tony Harrison and Peter Symes
Reviews / Votes
"'This stunningly inventive work is so spellbindingly innovative that it defies description.' Irish Times, on 'Black Daisies for the Brides' (1993)"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-23409-7 (9780571234097)
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Person
Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937. His volumes of poetry include The Loiners (winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize), Continuous, v. (broadcast on Channel 4 in 1987, winning the Royal Television Society Award, The Gaze of the Gorgon (winner of the Whitbread Prize for poetry) and Laureate's Block. Recognised as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Tony Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC, Channel 4, and for unique ancient spaces in Greece and Austria. His film, Black Daisies for the Bride won the Prix Italia in 1994; this and his volume of film/poems The Shadow of Hiroshima and Other Film/Poems and his feature film Prometheus are published by Faber and Faber. His most recent film/poem was Crossings (LWT), 2002.