Life on Earth
β Scribed by Mahon, Derek
- Publisher
- The Gallery Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
?Given a choice of worlds, here or beyond, I'd pick this one not once but many times . . .'? from?Homage to Goa' The publication of a new book of poems by Derek Mahon is a momentous occasion. Life on Earth collects, and adds to, work which has appeared recently in limited editions. It opens with celebrations of notable exemplars: Coleridge, Chekhov, the novelist Brian Moore. This echo poetry extends to?Art Notes' on Hopper, de StaΓ«l and others, followed by the eco-poetry of the?Homage to Gaia' sequence on environmental themes. A substantial and positive volume distinguished by its l.;Front Cover; Note to Reader; Praise for Life on Earth; Editor Info Page; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Ariadne on Naxos; Biographia Literaria; Trigorin; Brian Moore's Belfast; Quaderno; Insomnia; Somewhere the Wave; Tara Boulevard; Goa; Circe and Sirens; The Lady from the Sea; Art Notes; The Clifden Road; Research; A Country Road; Homage to Gaia; Turtle Beach; Homage to Goa; About the Author; Also by Derek Mahon; Copyright; Back Cover.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Cover
Note to Reader
Praise for Life on Earth
Editor Info Page
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Ariadne on Naxos
Biographia Literaria
Trigorin
Brian Moore's Belfast
Quaderno
Insomnia
Somewhere the Wave
Tara Boulevard
Goa
Circe and Sirens
The Lady from the Sea
Art Notes
The Clifden Road
Research
A Country Road
Homage to Gaia
Turtle Beach
Homage to Goa
About the Author
Also by Derek Mahon
Copyright
Back Cover.
β¦ Subjects
Ecology;Environmental quality;POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;Poetry;;Ecology -- Poetry;Environmental quality -- Poetry;POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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