Ian Hamilton Finlay :: Selections, Edited and with an Introduction by Alec Finlay.

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,...

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1. Verfasser: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Weitere Verfasser: Finlay, Alec
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkerley : University of California Press, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Poets for the millennium.
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Zusammenfassung: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 his emergence as a key figure in the international avant-garde of the 1960s
Beschreibung:1 online resource (334 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780520950009
0520950003