With poems ranging from the confessional to the mock-autobiographical, from imagism to a strange storytelling, from the comic and satirical to the plangent and disturbing, Star Struck startles us with the many faces of lyric poetry.
This book of poems by the award-winning poet David McCooey is made up of four sections. The first documents an alienating encounter with a life-threatening illness. The second plays out an unforgettable obsession with darkness and light. The third brings together popular music and the ancient literary mode of the pastoral. In this highly original sequence we find, among other things, Bob Dylan singing Virgil, Joni Mitchell reflecting on life in Laurel Canyon, a lab monkey pondering the sound of music, and a bitter, surreal rewriting of ‘Down Under’ for our times. In the final section, narrative poetry is cast in an intensely new and uncanny light.
By:
David McCooey Imprint: University of Western Aus Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 6mm
Weight: 100g ISBN:9781742589107 ISBN 10: 1742589103 Pages: 115 Publication Date:01 October 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
