Dr. Mephisto by Chris Emery
Dr. Mephisto is in the form of a long sequence of poems. It traces Mephistopheles as he ranges freely through time and space, at times a laconic observer, at others a thuggish participant, but always a presence wherever there is conflict and suffering and whenever there is work to be done. Far from being oppressive, this is an exciting and highly original work, whose exhilarating pace is set by Emery’s innovative use of language and form, and whose acerbic political edge keeps the vision sharp and fresh. Compelling, hard-hitting, and grimly funny, Dr Mephisto will be remembered long after being read, and a significant new poetic voice will have been recognised.Chris Emery’s DrMephisto lets the Devil have a little fun and reminds me that eternal damnation can be a Godsend.
-- Simon Barraclough * Magma *These poems reimagine excruciatingly the ‘double life’ of the body itself, the life of nervous self-domination and subjection.
-- Keston Sutherland * Quid *Recreating a goldmine, an apt circle of Hell, he’s also creating a trope for the destructive greed and wealth of the consumer West.
-- Herbert Lomas * Ambit *A good first collection.
-- Tony Frazer * Shearsman Magazine *Vivid, pungent stanzas.
-- M.C. Caseley * Stride Magazine *Certainly you will not have read any other poetry book like this, and Goethe and Christopher Marlowe must surely have been looking approvingly over Chris Emery’s shoulder when he was writing, gasping at his command of language.
-- Anne Born * Leviathan Quarterly *
Chris Emery is a director of Salt. He has published three collections of poetry, a writer’s guide, an anthology of art and poems, and edited editions of Emily Brontë, Keats and Rossetti. His work has been widely published in magazines and anthologised, most recently in Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe). He is a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing, edited by David Morley and Philip Neilsen. He lives in Cromer, North Norfolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784630751 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784630756 |
| Titel | Dr. Mephisto |
| Autor | Chris Emery |
| Serie | Salt Modern Poets |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Salt Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-11-23 |
| Seitenanzahl | 112 |
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