Few poets now writing share Porter's sense of the big picture, his ability to read the small event against the waxings and wanings of culture and empire. Whether these poems look at Europe through the strata of its Golden Ages, revisit the Australia of his childhood or turn their surreal wit to the quieter domestic landscape, together they amount to a sustained meditation on the spirit that bears comparison with the late poems of Wallace Stevens. Magisterial in its perspective and possessed of a rare intellectual sanity, ...
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Few poets now writing share Porter's sense of the big picture, his ability to read the small event against the waxings and wanings of culture and empire. Whether these poems look at Europe through the strata of its Golden Ages, revisit the Australia of his childhood or turn their surreal wit to the quieter domestic landscape, together they amount to a sustained meditation on the spirit that bears comparison with the late poems of Wallace Stevens. Magisterial in its perspective and possessed of a rare intellectual sanity, Max is Missing is Porter's most charged and direct work since The Cost of Seriousness.
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New. Max is Missing is Peter Porter's first book of the new millennium, and an openly declared 'late work'. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116. 2001. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very good. Signed by author. B-format paperback. 76 p. Audience: General/trade. Original illustrated card covers. UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, with complete numberline 1-9 to copyright page. Handsigned to the title page. No dedication or other inscriptions. Very Good+, clean, tight condition.
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