Mrs. Perkins and Oedipus / Elizabeth Bartlett
2004, First Edition. Tarset, Northumberland [Chester Springs, PA] : Bloodaxe Books ; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions. SIGNED & inscribed. Near fine paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled. Sun-toned spine. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #470066
ISBN: 1852246685
Physical description; 64 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; Staring into the abyss -- Trouble in the Balkans -- Dear boy -- Secondaries -- Before meeting -- Recorder consort -- Smarty -- Grand mal -- The way he had -- Castle Park, Nottingham -- Burying Browne -- A death in summer -- Royal Ottoman -- Voyage for the incurious -- Nothing much happened to Emily -- Scholarship girl -- Student as cat rumpler -- Night nurse -- Runcimans, Cheltenham -- A mad Dublin man -- On Dover Beach -- Interview -- The poet's house -- A summer settlement -- Male lifers -- Clapper bridge -- Smiler on men's surgical -- C.V. -- Mrs. Perkins and Oedipus -- Girl with an ermine -- Casting off -- Workshop -- Madam -- The diseased vine -- Vikings -- Communiques from the dog house -- Below the snow-line -- Little by little -- The mistress -- The invisible enemy -- Counsellor -- Songs my mother taught me -- The comforters -- Night songs from Waterloo -- Holding up the world -- Photography class -- The death diary -- The burden -- Making elegiac noises. Subjects; English poetry 20th century. Bartlett, Elizabeth (1924-2008).
Price: €30.00