Ian Hamilton Finlay
Subtitle: selections
By: edited and with an introduction by Alec Finlay
Contributors: Finlay, Alec
Series: Poets for the millennium; Poets for the millennium
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780520270589; 9780520270596
Subjects: Concrete poetry; Poetry; Landscape
Work titles: Selections
Description: "This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique "poem of place" in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. It illuminates the evolution from his early years of composing plays, stories, and lyrical poems to his discovery of Concrete poetry and his emergence as a key figure in the international avant-garde of the 1960s"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.