The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile

by Alice Oswald

Alice Oswald's first book of poems, The Thing in the Gap-stone Stile is more confident and achieved than many first collections. Previously published in Anvil New Poets 2, a selection chosen by Carol Ann Duffy, and winner of the 1994 Eric Gregory Award, Oswald already clearly demonstrates a distinct voice. The poems here are extraordinarily beautiful: intensely musical, strewn with emotion, and full of energy and warmth. Influenced by Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Herbert, they speak passionately of nature and love. They have a religious sense of mystery, and try to express the intangible in marvellously vivid language. The second part of the book features an entertaining long poem titled The Men of Gotham, a comical folk-legend about the three men who went to sea to try to catch the moon in a net. Taken together, this is a wonderful first collection by an exceptionally talented young poet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192825135
• ISBN13: 9780192825131
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.4"