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Little Gods established Jacob Polley as one of the leading talents of the younger generation; his third collection sees him extend that gift in often wholly unexpected directions. As before, Polley's work is often unashamedly lyric, and displays a virtuosic range of form and address. However, the light has changed in The Havocs: these poems are often imbued with the weird, uncanny and otherworldly, drawing on the folkloric and mythic traditions of north Britain -- as well as forms from older English traditions, including riddles and cautionary tales. However oblique his strategies, Polley's work remains fixed on our most central concerns: our losses of faith, our working lives, our irrational fears and our loves. The Havocs charts a daring new turn in the work of one of our finest English poets.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Havocs
• Author: Jacob Polley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• EAN: 9781447207030
• ISBN: 1447207033
• ID: 01217565
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Weight: 98 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 131 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. November 2012

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