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Collected poems and plays

Wyndham Lewis ; edited by Alan Munton ; with an introduction by C.H. Sisson

(Fyfield books)

Routledge, 2003

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-229)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

At the beginning of his career Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) wrote vigorous poetry, and plays which in their form and vehement characterisation resemble the later work of Samuel Beckett. This volume includes major works: One-Way Song , and Enemy of the Stars in its two very different versions, as well as other writings that can now be seen as central to the formation of Lewis's work. The plays and poems crackle with ferocious energy, concentrated and brilliant, as Lewis creates a literary equivalent to the visual revolutions of Cubism and Vorticism. He explores how an artist should think and write in an oppressive world, the relationship between imagination and action. This edition, with Alan Munton's annotations, is a definitive text based on Lewis's own final corrections. An introduction by C.H. Sisson places these radical works in the context of Lewis's other writings.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction by C. H. Sisson POEMS Grignolles One-Way Song PLAYS Enemy of the Stars (1914) The Ideal Giant Enemy of the Stars (1932) Physics of the Not-Self APPENDIX: Unpublished poems and fragments The liquid borwn detestable earth The life of memory concerned me next Explanatory Notes Textual and Bibliographical Notes Bibliography

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  • NCID
    BA68899484
  • ISBN
    • 0415969530
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    229 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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