Parry, Abigail ![]() |
Abstract
Jinx: a ruinous charm, a quickdraw curse, a knight’s move. Abigail Parry's first collection is concerned with spells, and ersatz spells: with semblance and sleight-of-hand. It takes its formal cues from moth-camouflage and stage magic, from the mirror-maze and the masquerade, and from high-stakes games of poker. Jinx asks about the equivocal nature of artifice, and the real mischief that underwrites the trick. The poems deal in forms of influence: in seduction and persuasion, infatuation and obsession. They want to talk about what we submit to, and what we are compelled by.
Item Type: | Book |
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Book Type: | Authored Book |
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
Publisher: | Bloodaxe |
ISBN: | 9781780372341 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2022 10:24 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132133 |
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