Description
| Product ID: | 9781447290445 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Jackself |
| Authors: | Author: Jacob Polley |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The dazzling fourth collection from one of poetry's finest young talents. <p><b>Winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.</b><br><i><br>Jackself </i>is the fourth collection from one of Britain's finest poets, and sees Jacob Polley at the height of his powers. In one of the most original books of poetry to appear in the last decade, <i>Jackself</i> spins a kind of 'fictionalized autobiography' through nursery rhymes, riddles and cautionary tales, and through the many 'Jacks' of our folktale, legend, phrase and fable - everyman Jacks and no one Jacks, Jackdaw, Jack-O-Lantern, Jack Sprat, Cheapjack and Jack Frost. At once playful and terrifying, lyric and narratively compelling, <i>Jackself </i>is an unforgettable exploration of an innocence and childhood lost in the darker corners of Reiver country and of English folklore, and once more shows Polley as one of the most remarkable imaginations at work in poetry today.<br><br>T. S. Eliot judging panel described<i> J</i><i>ackself </i>as 'a firework of a book; inventive, exciting and outstanding in its imaginative range and depth of feeling'.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-11-03 |
