The Heavy Bear Who Goes with Me

Brendan Kennelly, Neil Astley, Brendan Kennelly, Neil Astley

• Éditeur: Bloodaxe Books
• Année: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781780375618
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Poetry

Fairoz is a book-length poetry sequence in which Moniza Alvi explores an imagined teenage girl's susceptibility to extremism. The book's fragmented, collaging narrative draws together fairytale elements, glimpses of Fairoz's thoughts, and pieces of dialogue. A folkloric representation of God and the devil acts as a wry counterpoint, touching on questions of morality. Fairoz is a powerful portrayal of human vulnerability.

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CONTENTS

1. title page
2. dedication
3. Neil Astley: preface: The Making of the Heavy Bear
5. Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
   introduction: The Heavy Bear Who Goes with Me [1938]
7. Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542)
   ‘They flee from me that sometime did me seek’
8. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547)
   ‘Wyatt resteth here’ c. 1542 [1542]
9. Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
   ‘Thou blind man’s mark’ c. 1581 [1591]
10. Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)
    ‘One day I wrote her name upon the strand’ [1595]
11. Chidiock Tichborne (c.1558–1586)
    Tichborne’s Elegy 1585 [1586]
12. Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
    Elegia VI 1580s [1580s]
13. Sir Walter Ralegh (1552–1618)
    The Lie c. 1592 [1608]
14. Robert Southwell (1561–1595)
    The Burning Babe c. 1595 [1595]
15. Michael Drayton (1563–1631)
    Since There’s No Help 1590s? [1619]
16. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
    Sonnet 73: ‘That time of year…’ [1609]
17. T...