Martyrology Books 1 & 2

by bpNichol

Book Overview

'All of Nichol's work is stamped by his desire to create texts that are engaging in themselves as well as in context, and to use indirect structural and textual devices to carry meaning. In The Martyrology different ways of speaking testify to a journey through different ways of being. Language is both the poet's instructor and, through its various permutations, the dominant 'image' of the poem. The [nine] books of The Martyrology document a poet's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552450287
• ISBN13: 9781552450284
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"