{"product_id":"at-the-limit-of-breath-poems-on-the-films-of-jeanluc-godard-robert-kroetsch-series-9780888646712","title":"AT THE LIMIT OF BREATH Poems on the films of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Scobie reflects on the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard with poems for 44 Godard films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stephen Scobie's newest collection is a chronological, poetic study of the films of French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. And like the work of the man about whom Scobie writes, the book is pleasingly esoteric and sharply focused.... this book studies and examines Godard in a sharp and thrilling way, and Scobie invites his reader to further explore the world of the great filmmaker. Scobie's knowledge of Godard is vast, to be sure, but his poetics-and his love for the films-are what truly shine here.\" Kimmy Beach, ARC Poetry Magazine, February 2014 [full review at http:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/?p=7755]\u003cbr\u003e“In the poem on one of Godard’s masterpieces, Weekend, Scobie writes: ‘What a rotten film \/ All we meet are crazy people \/ eating each other.’ A funny barb, with a hallucinatory development in the image, that works against expectation by insulting Godard’s film, the stanza stands on its own. At the same time, the ‘insult’ contains a quotation from the film, thus replicating Godard's own method of incessant quotation—deepening the poem for those who know the film…. Scobie’s poems intelligently engage Godard’s films.” -- Jonathan Ball * Winnipeg Free Press *\u003cbr\u003e\"The collection is held together by a dense net of recurring motifs.... At the Limit of Breath is a textual space where Godard's characters, places, images, and actors take on a Pirandellian existence, crossing borders of both poems and movies.\" -- Chiara Falangola and Michael Meagher * Canadian Literature *","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884963443031,"sku":"9780888646712","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780888646712.jpg?v=1722534260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-the-limit-of-breath-poems-on-the-films-of-jeanluc-godard-robert-kroetsch-series-9780888646712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}