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Villainunleashes a war of forms, perfect sonnets clash with mock haiku, heroic couplets and free verse - all directed towards capturing the contemporary world. ButVillainalso ranges over time and place, people and events, encompassing science-fiction creatures as well as medieval criminals.
Justin Clemens revives traditional poetic forms to create a shocking and beautiful vision of modern-day life.Invoking the spirit of celebrated French poet, vagabond and thief Francois Villon some of whose ballads are translated here these poems range from the violent and obscene to the lyrical and sublime, sometimes within a single verse.
'The meeting of Villon and Clemens is one of true minds, these are snaky, savage poems, charged with an electric intelligence.' - Chloe Hooper
Title: Villain
Format: Paperback Book
Release Date: 01 Jul 2009
Author: Justin Clemens
Sku: 3309534
Catalogue No: 9780980517958
Category: Reading
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