{"product_id":"selected-poems-1988-2016-paperback-2","title":"Selected Poems 1988-2016 - 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\u003eAlan Halsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1988-2016 \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on Alan Halsey's longer poems from the period and brings together the previously scattered sequences \u003cem\u003eArs Poetica, Tracks \u0026amp; Tracts of the Lizopard, A Looking-Glass for Logoclasts \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLatin for Today: The Sequel\u003c\/em\u003e. It includes some revised and expanded texts such as the John Dee libretto \u003cem\u003eLoagaeth \u003c\/em\u003ealongside poems written since \u003cem\u003eRampant Inertia\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Shearsman in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Halsey exhilaratingly explores language and ideology, running different jargons and discourses together in a poetry of passionate and stoical resistance.\" --Robert Potts, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He continues to create a kabbalah of cultural signs, a dictionary of linguistic possibilities, a stylish verbal music, in his essential role as courteous gadfly.\" --Paul Merchant, \u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Halsey's poems come in such variety, from very straightforward, personal-voice addresses to the most recondite word salads - like a dense portable anthology from a rich and complex literary canon that simultaneously overlaps with but is fundamentally shifted from the recognizable 'canon'.\" --Mark Scroggins, \u003cem\u003eCulture Industry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352564678905,"sku":"9781848615397","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lilgSxIKL69781848615397_1c088f9d-ac87-4c51-a18b-7779c30c28a2.webp?v=1769811314","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/selected-poems-1988-2016-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}