Alstonefield : a poem
Riley, Peter2003
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This is a long poem in ten-line stanzas which explores Riley's preocuupation with a limestone village in Dovedale. This long poem in 10-line stanzas is named after a small limestone village in the north Staffordshire Peak District. It is a poem about passage, transformation, and the resources of the imagination in quest of a sense of justice. Divided into five sections, the poem's first four sections are short poetical meditations on place and landscape, memory, and imagination in a humanized enclosure. The much longer fifth section brushes with philosophical, political, and other human discourses.
Main title:
Alstonefield : a poem / Peter Riley.
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Imprint:
Manchester : Carcanet, 2003.
Collation:
144 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781857546484 (pbk)
Dewey class:
821.914
LC class:
PR6068.I4
Language:
English
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BRN:
315630