Taking Mesopotamia (Oxford Poets Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- Taking Mesopotamia was originally inspired by Jenny Lewis’s search for her lost father – the young South Wales Borderer who fought in the ill-fated Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. Through reconstructed diary extracts, witness statements, formal poems and free verse, the book extends into a wider exploration of the recent Iraq wars. It also includes translations of a number of the poems into Arabic, and photographs taken by Lewis’s father on campaign in 1916. Woven throughout the book is a strand inspired by The Epic of Gilgamesh, whose themes of hubris, abuse of power and fear of death show us how little the world has changed in four thousand years.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 98 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781906188191
- Publisher:
- Carcanet Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/05/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Jenny Lewis, Carcanet Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Alan Brenik
- Proofread By:
- Alan Brenik
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.