James Harpur

The White Silhouette

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At the heart of James Harpur's The White Silhouette is a meditative poem inspired by the Book of Kells - a poem that follows threads into themes such as the nature of the divine, the efficacy of sacred art, and the way of silence. The title poem - described in the TLS as a 'compelling spiritual memoir' - is a haunting journey of 'missed encounters' in the landscapes of Wiltshire, Tipperary, and Patmos. Elsewhere, Harpur writes about pilgrimage, the Perseids, mystical experiences, and icons and iconoclasm - from Rublev's golden images to decapitated angels in Galway. He complements his explorations of the sacred with more directly personal poe… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78410-583-9
EAN: 9781784105839
Produktnummer: 27257686
Verlag: Carcanet
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 125 KB

Über den Autor

James Harpur has had five poetry collections published by Anvil Press and is poetry editor of the Temenos Academy Review and a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of the arts. His Angels and Harvesters (2012) was a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Poetry Now Award; and The Dark Age (2007) won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award. Other prizes and awards include the UK National Poetry Competition, the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, an Eric Gregory Award, and a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. His other books include Fortune's Prisoner, a translation of the poems of Boethius; and The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea. He lives in West Cork.