{"product_id":"looting-hummingbirds-selected-poems-of-daniel-thaly-paperback","title":"Looting Hummingbirds: Selected Poems of Daniel Thaly - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLizabeth Paravisini-Gebert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Thaly's shifting prestige emerges through a lingering portrait of a poet's volatile century-long struggle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first quarter of the 20th century, Daniel Thaly from Dominica, then a British Caribbean colony, was one of France's most celebrated poets. He had studied medicine in France and lived there as a young man until his return to his birthplace. His illustrious reputation - based on his eight volumes of poetry - crumbled when the anti-colonial radicals of the 1930s castigated Thaly for his poems' insistence on classical form, nature and lyricism. From then on he barely wrote. Was it this trauma that caused a nervous breakdown? Or a failed love affair? He wrote in French, and until now his poems have never been translated into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of selected poems (in French and English) provides for the first time a glimpse into his emotions and passion for Dominica while the introduction collates fragments of what little is known of his life - his rise to literary fame and his abrupt descent into obscurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 7.73 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48753912611065,"sku":"9781739130398","price":15.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/6X79D8jKyK9781739130398.webp?v=1785850122","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/looting-hummingbirds-selected-poems-of-daniel-thaly-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}