The Singing & Dancing - Ann Atkinson
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"Poetry for Ann was a currency, like conversation, its nature being to capture and clarify elusive ideas that might otherwise remain unformed: so her characteristic style was natural and conversational, often with a crackle of verbal play, and an alertness to the possibilities of language that enabled her to achieve an effect of sensuous exuberance without becoming incoherent or merely fancy. She was a pian ... Full description
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"Poetry for Ann was a currency, like conversation, its nature being to capture and clarify elusive ideas that might otherwise remain unformed: so her characteristic style was natural and conversational, often with a crackle of verbal play, and an alertness to the possibilities of language that enabled her to achieve an effect of sensuous exuberance without becoming incoherent or merely fancy.
She was a pianist and a skilled listener to music, with a background in dance and an openness to visual art and design. In poetry she had an enviable talent for beginning a piece without ceremony and ending it without strain: not every poet can do both."
- from the Foreword by Roy Fisher
More Information
| Author | Ann Atkinson |
|---|---|
| Publisher | SMITH/DOORSTOP BOOKS |
| Release year | 2015 |
| Cover type | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9781910367575 |