The poetry of Nigel McLoughlin is technically crafted with a concern for the traditions of his art married to an instinctive need to get to grips with significant modern themes. He produces work which sings to you from the page his vision of loss and cultural decay, invasion and violence. McLoughlin has a unique talent for opening up metaphoric hinterlands in his poetry which deal with lasting themes in the manner of the modernist myth-maker giving a highly symbolist and symbolic account of the mythology and history of his ...
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The poetry of Nigel McLoughlin is technically crafted with a concern for the traditions of his art married to an instinctive need to get to grips with significant modern themes. He produces work which sings to you from the page his vision of loss and cultural decay, invasion and violence. McLoughlin has a unique talent for opening up metaphoric hinterlands in his poetry which deal with lasting themes in the manner of the modernist myth-maker giving a highly symbolist and symbolic account of the mythology and history of his society and opening it out into vigorous relation with our post nine-eleven era of nervousness and fear. His is a poetry of loss, endurance and adversity. He deals in the coinage of dark and lasting things.
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Very Good. 2005. Paperback. 8vo. Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author....Signed Copy. We ship daily from our warehouse.
