Coming Forth by Day

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
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Author: Gabriel Levin ISBN: 9781847775542
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd. Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Carcanet Press Ltd. Language: English
Author: Gabriel Levin
ISBN: 9781847775542
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Language: English

Coming Forth by Day breaks new ground in its formal experimentation as well as in its exploration of remote corners of the Mediterranean. The long title poem is written from the multiple perspectives of the personages in Courbet’s large painting The Artist’s Studio. Courbet’s realism blends with ancient Eastern mythologies, including the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which gives the collection its title. In another long poem, “Balthazar’s Field,” the poet walks the length and breadth of Patmos, seeking out the hidden and the heterogeneous: the cave of St. John, a Greek priestess’s inscription carved on a stone. The book concludes with an extended meditation on modern music written in homage to the composer Alexander Goehr.

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Coming Forth by Day breaks new ground in its formal experimentation as well as in its exploration of remote corners of the Mediterranean. The long title poem is written from the multiple perspectives of the personages in Courbet’s large painting The Artist’s Studio. Courbet’s realism blends with ancient Eastern mythologies, including the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which gives the collection its title. In another long poem, “Balthazar’s Field,” the poet walks the length and breadth of Patmos, seeking out the hidden and the heterogeneous: the cave of St. John, a Greek priestess’s inscription carved on a stone. The book concludes with an extended meditation on modern music written in homage to the composer Alexander Goehr.

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