Imperium by Hilary Davies
Imperium opens with a high seriousness rare in contemporary poetry. Seven sacraments meditations on those moments at which the sacred can still touch our lives are followed by nineteen sonnets dedicated to the dismembered spirit of the poet s father. But the collection is dominated by the title poem, a fine successor to the historical sequences which distinguished Hilary Davies last collection, In a Valley of This Restless Mind. Using a range of voices and perspectives, she creates a narrative of the Napoleonic Wars, taking us from Chatham Docks to Aboukir, from a Glamorgan foundry to Trafalgar. Here and in the book s final sequence, Southwark, which swings between a prehistoric wattenmeer and the London of 1958, then back to Roman times via a wonderfully riotous Elizabethan South Bank, Davies satisfies us both emotionally and intellectually, drawing from her historical sources a rich, invigorating music.
hard and brilliantA..a fine, expansive freshness of soundA...marvellously astonishing.' - Christopher Middleton
Hilary Davies was born in London of Anglo-Welsh parents. A Hawthornden fellow, Hilary Davies won the prestigious Eric Gregory Award for Young Poets and the Cheltenham/TLA poetry competition, and co-edited the poetry magazine ARGO for ten years. She read French and German at Oxford and is currently Head of Languages at St. Paul's Girls' School.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781900564199 |
| ISBN 10 | 190056419X |
| Title | Imperium |
| Author | Hilary Davies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Enitharmon Press |
| Year published | 2005-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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