Tim Lilburn

Harmonia Mundi

Buch

Harmonia Mundi borrows its title from Johannes Kepler's melodious theory of the heavens, but the 'alarming geometry' that Tim Lilburn presents in these forty-one poems is far from harmonious. Part One, 'The Philosophical History', focuses on the suppression of Plato's Academy in the early 6th century, followed by its disastrous relocation to the court of Khusrau in Persia. Part Two, 'Actants, Conatus', is rooted in contemporary Canada, albeit with a cast of characters that include Augustine, Christ, Duns Scotus, Aelred of Rievaulx and even Kepler himself. These two apparently disparate sections are connected by their preoccupation with loss -… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-916393-56-1
EAN: 9781916393561
Produktnummer: 38850478
Verlag: Xylem Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 86 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D0.5 cm 124 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 124

Über den Autor

Tim Lilburn is a Canadian poet from Regina, Saskatchewan. In 2003 his collection Kill-site won the Governor General's Award. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014, and in 2017 he became the first Canadian to be awarded The European Medal of Poetry and Art, the Homer Prize. Harmonia Mundi is his twelfth poetry collection.