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Waterloo Teeth

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ISBN: 978 1 847771 11 7
Categories: 21st Century, British, First Collections
Imprint: Northern House
Published: August 2010
216 x 135 x 5 mm
64 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press

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we fell upon the rain-soaked bodies of the dead
and ripped lace gorgettes from the dandy officers.
From the rosy cheeks of English plough-boys
we pulled two hundred sets of perfect teeth.

These lines, from the title poem of Waterloo Teeth, set an historical aftermath in vivid motion. John Whale's first book of poems explores our capacity to articulate the pain and pleasure of such experiences - our own, and those of others distant from us which become ours as we live them through imagination.

JOHN WHALE was born in Liverpool in 1956 and studied at the University of Leeds before moving to a post at University College Cardiff. He returned to Leeds University in 1984, where he is now Professor of Romantic Literature and from where he co-edits the international literary quarterly Stand. ... read more

'I loved this book, clever and culturedand steeped in the era of the Romantics.'
Suzi Feay 'mixes verbal originality... with sympathetic clarity and seriousness: poems that matter.'
Bernard O'Donoghue

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Waterloo Teeth John Whale RRP: GBP 9.95 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP 0.99 Price: GBP 8.96 Available This title is available for academic inspection (paperback only). Paperback ISBN: 978 1 847771 11 7 Categories: 21st Century, British, First Collections Imprint: Northern House Published: August 2010 216 x 135 x 5 mm 64 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Description Excerpt Author Reviews we fell upon the rain-soaked bodies of the dead and ripped lace gorgettes from the dandy officers. From the rosy cheeks of English plough-boys we pulled two hundred sets of perfect teeth. These lines, from the title poem of Waterloo Teeth, set an historical aftermath in vivid motion. John Whale's first book of poems explores our capacity to articulate the pain and pleasure of such experiences - our own, and those of others distant from us which become ours as we live them through imagination. JOHN WHALE was born in Liverpool in 1956 and studied at the University of Leeds before moving to a post at University College Cardiff. He returned to Leeds University in 1984, where he is now Professor of Romantic Literature and from where he co-edits the international literary quarterly Stand. ... read more 'I loved this book, clever and culturedand steeped in the era of the Romantics.' Suzi Feay 'mixes verbal originality... with sympathetic clarity and seriousness: poems that matter.' Bernard O'Donoghue You might also be interested in: Zigzag Anthony Rudolf	Share this... Quick Links Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Lewis of Arabia: Jenny Lewis reads at the 50th Jubilee Year of the Cairo International Book Fair and Festival read more Chris Beckett: Ethopian Literature Festival read more Gallop Blog Brackenbury read more 'Disciplines of Experiment': John Wilkinson read more PN Review 245: Editorial read more Setting Sally's Songs read more
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