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Lacroixâs poems connect readers to the physical and emotional struggles of Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy.

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Melissa Morelli Lacroix crafts poems responding to the complex negotiations of love... A Most Beautiful Deception recounts death and suffering woven through with the irreplaceable moments of life and the sweet sting of memories. Reaching to the early nineteenth century, the poems weave lives of artists, mourners, and admirers while modelling the composers' musical scores in form.... Although emphasizing degeneration and death--physical, social, psychological--the poems maintain vibrancy, often crystallizing sound, light, colour, and emotion.... Despite its complexity and range, Deception is remarkably accessible, managing to humanize musical giants and to harmonize life's glory and brutality while avoiding sentimentalism. -- Tina Trigg * Canadian Literature *

A Most Beautiful Deception

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      Publisher University of Alberta Press
      Published 21 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780888646620
      978-0888646620
      ISBN-10 888646623
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      Poetry Entertainment Composers and songwriters Musicians, singers, bands and groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lacroixâs poems connect readers to the physical and emotional struggles of Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy.

      Trade Review
      Melissa Morelli Lacroix crafts poems responding to the complex negotiations of love... A Most Beautiful Deception recounts death and suffering woven through with the irreplaceable moments of life and the sweet sting of memories. Reaching to the early nineteenth century, the poems weave lives of artists, mourners, and admirers while modelling the composers' musical scores in form.... Although emphasizing degeneration and death--physical, social, psychological--the poems maintain vibrancy, often crystallizing sound, light, colour, and emotion.... Despite its complexity and range, Deception is remarkably accessible, managing to humanize musical giants and to harmonize life's glory and brutality while avoiding sentimentalism. -- Tina Trigg * Canadian Literature *

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