Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
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.
1131484646
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
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.
63.0
In Stock
5
1
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
334Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections
334Hardcover(First Edition, Edited and with an Introduction by Alec Finlay)
$63.00
63.0
In Stock
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780520270589 |
---|---|
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication date: | 04/02/2012 |
Series: | Poets for the Millennium , #8 |
Edition description: | First Edition, Edited and with an Introduction by Alec Finlay |
Pages: | 334 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
What People are Saying About This
From the B&N Reads Blog