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Poems by Jeremy H. Prynne is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Poems about?
A textbook-clear lesson in the verbal trickiness and playful elegance of High Modernism. Deftly employing a range of reference-- scientific, economic, political and verbal registers, didactic, satirical, sardonic and sentimental--Prynne's collected poems reveal a complex extension of what normally passes for "pure" diction in poetry. Whether or not Prynne is trying to conceive of a poetry going beyond what can, or ought, to be meaningfully said, he treats words as ciphers of transfiguration, as steps on a journey characterised by scrupulous attentiveness
Who reads Poems?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jeremy H. Prynne
- Publisher
- Fremantle Arts Centre Press ; Bloodaxe Books
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781852246563
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.62 / 5 (62 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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