Something About
Poems
Published on 23. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
52 pages
978-1-85754-646-0 (ISBN)
Description
It has been said of P.J. Kavanagh that mysteries are a part of the everyday clothing of his mind, leaving his mind free to deal with realities. The poems in this collection celebrate small pleasures (cricket commentaries, blackbirds' songs) as well as the greater mysteries of enduring friendships, the unexpected force of religious images; the growth towards wisdom - above all, the sudden visitations of joy that transfigure the commonplace.
Reviews / Votes
'There is plenty of quietly glittering intellect in these poems... he has an eye for rural things, birds, plants, weather; all are subdued to the colour of his own mind, its knowledge of loss, its recurrent perception of the world as a place to which it belongs and does not belong... this collection amply demonstrates Kavanagh's distinguished place among contemporary poets. Frank KermodeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
82 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85754-646-0 (9781857546460)
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Person
P.J. Kavanagh was born in 1931, and has worked as a lecturer, actor, broadcaster and columnist. His memoir The Perfect Stranger won the Richard Hillary Prize in 1966, and his first novel A Song and Dance was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1968. P.J. Kavanagh's Collected Poems was awarded the Cholmondely Prize I 1992. His most recent books include A Kind of Journal (2003) and as editor Ivor Gurney Collected Poems (2004) which was awarded a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation.