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In the Glittering Maw

ISBN-13: 9781954218215

Author(s): Joyce Mansour

Subjects: DC

Publisher: World Poetry Books

Publisher Imprint: World Poetry Books

Publication Date: 21-05-2024

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£18.99
In the Glittering Maw

About the book

Mansour's late poems chart constellations of desire, femininity, and dream. Considered by Andre Breton to be the preeminent Surrealist of the post-war period, Mansour brings this masculine movement into a feminine realm never-before-imagined. She insists on a forgotten or perhaps vehemently denied eventuality of women's equality: their ability to do harm, to be violent: 'Why tear fire from the impalpable sky / When it already grows and smolders in me / Why throw your glove into the crowd / Tomorrow is a livid stump.' In the Glittering Maw is poet C. Francis Fisher's first published translation and includes a preface by eminent Surrealism scholar Mary Ann Caws.