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Begins with poems and ends with a collection of epigrams. Between these, the author's published collections appear in chronological sequence. It deals with subjects such as: love, relationships, memory, and all kinds of daily exchange.

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'Dale's lyric style is intensely intimate whilst avoiding the histrionic pitfalls of the confessional mode. His formidable formal control is similarly understated, living up to his own injunction that "a poet shouldn't draw attention to his stylistic self; the poem should be a lens through which something crucial is seen."' Esther Morgan 'Peter Dale is the most underrated poet of his generation' Michael Donaghy

Diffractions New and Collected Poems

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      Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780856464393, 978-0856464393
      ISBN10: 0856464392

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Begins with poems and ends with a collection of epigrams. Between these, the author's published collections appear in chronological sequence. It deals with subjects such as: love, relationships, memory, and all kinds of daily exchange.

      Trade Review
      'Dale's lyric style is intensely intimate whilst avoiding the histrionic pitfalls of the confessional mode. His formidable formal control is similarly understated, living up to his own injunction that "a poet shouldn't draw attention to his stylistic self; the poem should be a lens through which something crucial is seen."' Esther Morgan 'Peter Dale is the most underrated poet of his generation' Michael Donaghy

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