Serpentine
2nd Edition
Published on 16. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
138 pages
978-1-84861-586-1 (ISBN)
Description
Serpentine: A mineral or rock consisting of a hydrous magnesium silicate, H4 M3 Si2 O9, and having usually a dull green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance, resembling a serpent's skin. It occurs usually in masses, which are sometimes foliated, sometimes fibrous ... Presence of iron may give it a red or brownish hue. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent & of a rich oil-green color. Serpentine results from the alteration of other magnesian minerals, esp. chrysolite, amphibole, & pyroxene, and is frequently found in large masses ... -Webster's, 1914; from a note preserved in the author's papers
Serpentine was first published in by Oasis Books, London, in 1985. It received little distribution and minimal notice at the time, somewhat to the author's distress, and the publisher's regret. It has never reappeared complete, although selections have appeared in subsequent compilations.
A collection of experimental prose texts-although the author forbade such a definition from appearing anywhere in the first edition, presumably in case it frightened off potential readers-Christopher Middleton described it as being a series of texts "on the nature of evil".
Serpentine was first published in by Oasis Books, London, in 1985. It received little distribution and minimal notice at the time, somewhat to the author's distress, and the publisher's regret. It has never reappeared complete, although selections have appeared in subsequent compilations.
A collection of experimental prose texts-although the author forbade such a definition from appearing anywhere in the first edition, presumably in case it frightened off potential readers-Christopher Middleton described it as being a series of texts "on the nature of evil".
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84861-586-1 (9781848615861)
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Person
Christopher Middleton (1926-2015) was one of the finest British poets of the post-war period, although this fact tends not to be admitted by many commentators, perhaps because his seriousness and erudition, combined with playfulness and a preparedness to try new and unusual approaches, unnerves them. He spent several decades in Austin, where he was Professor of German at the University of Texas, travelled widely, was a justly lionised translator of German literature, and an accomplished essayist. His Collected Poems are available in 2 volumes from Carcanet Press.