Missel-Child

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, British & Irish
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Author: Helen Tookey ISBN: 9781847772916
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd. Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: Carcanet Press Ltd. Language: English
Author: Helen Tookey
ISBN: 9781847772916
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Language: English

According to the 17th-century herbarium The Garden of Eden, a “missel-child” is a mysterious being found beneath a mistletoe-covered tree—a changeling, perhaps. In this first collection from a respected editor, the missel-child is a point of access to various archaeologies of identity, place, and language. The poems deploy syllabics and collage techniques as they explore elegy and myth. Each poem is a space in which language works not only to convey something verbally, but to enable it to be shown as well.

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According to the 17th-century herbarium The Garden of Eden, a “missel-child” is a mysterious being found beneath a mistletoe-covered tree—a changeling, perhaps. In this first collection from a respected editor, the missel-child is a point of access to various archaeologies of identity, place, and language. The poems deploy syllabics and collage techniques as they explore elegy and myth. Each poem is a space in which language works not only to convey something verbally, but to enable it to be shown as well.

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