{"product_id":"dogged-9781625346421","title":"Dogged","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLocated somewhere between fiction and reality, the animals of \u003ci\u003eDogged \u003c\/i\u003eexist as both \"creatures children see in their fevers\" and \"your one \/ good dream \/ in the night.\" Inhabiting a space apart from time and narrative, the space of the ever-elusive now, these haunting poems probe animal consciousness and desire, as \"howls float \/ like crocuses— \/ violet \/ and half open \/ to the unknown.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Looking to a wide range of high and low visual media, from Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e and Animal Planet's \u003ci\u003eFatal Attractions\u003c\/i\u003e to Peter Paul Rubens's painting of Hercules's dog discovering Tyrian purple, Stacy Gnall ponders human-animal connections and divisions, exploring those moments when human voices blend with \"silent\" beasts to exceed the limits of language. In \u003ci\u003eDogged\u003c\/i\u003e, animals emerge as the highest aspiration of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAround the bend it was reckoned \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe would never grow old        \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause there were no words for it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI placed my arms soft \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003earound the neck of a fawn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand she felt no alarm. Speech \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis where we went wrong.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eFrom \"The Wood in Which Things Have No Name\")\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50099323044183,"sku":"9781625346421","price":14.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781625346421.jpg?v=1740996152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dogged-9781625346421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}