Ian Hamilton Finlay Selections |
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Author:
| Finlay, Ian Hamilton |
Editor:
| Finlay, Alec |
Series title: | Poets for the Millennium Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-520-27059-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
Publisher: | University of California Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique _poem of place_ in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. It illuminates the evolution from his early years of composing plays, stories, and lyrical poems to his discovery of Concrete poetry and...
More DescriptionThis volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique _poem of place_ in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. It illuminates the evolution from his early years of composing plays, stories, and lyrical poems to his discovery of Concrete poetry and his emergence as a key figure in the international avant-garde of the 1960s.