Crocodiles & Obelisks
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Crocodiles & Obelisks

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Crocodiles & Obelisks

About this book

Crocodiles and obelisks are ancient symbols of empire. The poems in Jamie McKendrick's astonishing new collection sift the debris of power and range from Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain to the Belgian Congo and to the Roman, the Austro-Hungarian and British empires. But 'crocodiles' and 'obelisks' are also terms used for newspaper obituaries - for tributes which either monumentalize the dead or shed false tears for them. Crocodiles & Obelisks is McKendrick's most individual work to date, and experiments with different ways of remembering, offering conclusions that are both cunning and drôle.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571263578
Edition
0
Subtopic
Poetry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Acknowledgements & Notes
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Obit.
  8. Guide
  9. The Canary Principle
  10. The Chilazon,
  11. Nave del Lagarto, Seville
  12. The Experiment
  13. Darkness Tangible
  14. The Key
  15. Polonius
  16. Unfaded
  17. Twain
  18. Hearthstone
  19. Penal Architecture
  20. Piranesi
  21. www.prisontours.com
  22. When Casement Crossed the Line
  23. The Last Muster
  24. Ès el senyor Gaudí!
  25. The Gift
  26. Radio Liberty
  27. Algebra
  28. Vocations
  29. Giotto
  30. The Napkin Lifter
  31. Name
  32. The Resort
  33. The Conquest of Albania
  34. Obelisk
  35. The Racial Laws
  36. Black Gold
  37. Black Mountain (1933)
  38. In the Year of the Blue Angel
  39. An Encroachment
  40. Occupations of Bridewell
  41. Window Dressing
  42. Meeting of Minds
  43. Adjustment
  44. The Critic Gets to Grips with Piero
  45. H2O
  46. Old Pointy
  47. Ire
  48. Arachnoid
  49. Gothic Garden
  50. Tiptographia
  51. The Book of Names
  52. About the Author
  53. Copyright