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The informing spirit of Garrett's second collection is music – in the cadences of the language, the forms and resolutions of the poems. For her, a memorable poem is a kind of two-part invention, an interplay of the reader's imagination and the poet's intention. As in Bach's deceptively simple studies of that name, when the two discrete melodic lines of reader's and poet's imagination run parallel, polyphony is suggested. Elizabeth Garrett's debut volume The Rule of Three was one of the 20 'New Generation Poets' titles in 1994. A Two-Part Invention was her second collection.

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It is a “metaphysical” poetry (John Donne is one of the few ascertainable influences), almost glacial in its composure, intangible and profoundly erotic. -- Francesco Rugnoni * L’Indice (Italy) *
As near to a pure lyric poet as we’ll get in our times. -- Peter Forbes * Poetry Review *

A Two-Part Invention

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      Publisher Bloodaxe Books Ltd
      Published 24 September 1998
      ISBN-13 9781852244620
      978-1852244620
      ISBN-10 1852244623

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The informing spirit of Garrett's second collection is music – in the cadences of the language, the forms and resolutions of the poems. For her, a memorable poem is a kind of two-part invention, an interplay of the reader's imagination and the poet's intention. As in Bach's deceptively simple studies of that name, when the two discrete melodic lines of reader's and poet's imagination run parallel, polyphony is suggested. Elizabeth Garrett's debut volume The Rule of Three was one of the 20 'New Generation Poets' titles in 1994. A Two-Part Invention was her second collection.

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      It is a “metaphysical” poetry (John Donne is one of the few ascertainable influences), almost glacial in its composure, intangible and profoundly erotic. -- Francesco Rugnoni * L’Indice (Italy) *
      As near to a pure lyric poet as we’ll get in our times. -- Peter Forbes * Poetry Review *

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