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Body in Time/Nervous Arcs.
Title:
Body in Time/Nervous Arcs.
Author:
Albiston, Jordie.
ISBN:
9781742190242
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Contents:
BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS 1 -- NERVOUS ARCS -- ABOUT JORDIE ALBISTON -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS 2 -- THE ROOM -- DROMANA SUMMER -- WHALE SONG -- SOLITARY BEACH -- EMILY DICKINSON: A MODERN FASCICLE -- I. Letter to Austin -- II. I like a look of Agony… -- III. Dear Susie -- IV. To T. W. Higginson c.1862 -- V. Dickinson's Grave, July 27, 1993 -- UTERUS -- MATER CARTA -- I. -- II. -- III. -- WHEN THEWOMANWAS A GIRL -- ON FIRE -- FRIDA KAHLO: AN EXHIBITION -- I. Retablo -- II. Love -- III. "What theWater Gave Me" (1938) -- IV. Death -- KÜNSTLERROMAN -- BLACK IRIS III -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- SURFACES -- CANCER IN JUNE -- I. -- II. -- III. -- PURITAN -- THE SALEM PAPERS, 1692 -- I. Examination of Martha Carrier -- II. Examination of Abigail Hobbs -- III. Examination of Martha Corey -- IV. Examination of Candy -- V. Gallows Hill -- AFTER THE HANGINGS -- BONE -- GRANDMOTHER -- I. -- II. -- III. -- WINDOW -- WANTING BEETHOVEN -- I. Exposition -- II. Development -- III. Recapitulation -- IV. Coda -- BROWN BAG RAG -- THREE SHORT PIECES FOR FLUTE -- I. molto espressivo -- II. alla militare -- III. sdegnoso -- EULOGY -- ANICE AFTERNOON -- SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS -- RAPE SCENE -- NURSERY CRIME -- THE TREMBLING -- I, PRONOUN -- ANOREXIA: AN ETYMOLOGY -- I. A Body of Language -- II. A Patient Discourse -- III. Etymological Excerpts -- IV. Newspaper Reportage -- V. Re-stor(y)ation -- VI. Her Figure of Speech -- TREES -- SCANNING THE TEXT -- UTTERANCE -- EIGHT (LOVE) SONNETS -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- VIII. -- THE DEEPWAIT -- GOING TO CARRARA -- THIS CHIROPRACTIC HEART -- FRANKENSTEIN SPEAKS -- NOTES -- FRIDA KAHLO: AN EXHIBITION -- BLACK IRIS III -- THE SALEM PAPERS, 1692 -- SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS -- CONTENTS 3 -- The Body in Time -- About Diane Fahey -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- THE BODY IN TIME.

MOVIEGOER -- THIRTEEN -- SOME OF US EVEN/IF ONLY/DON'T -- TEN -- NINE/ELEVEN/FIVE -- CHURCH-GOING -- PEBBLES -- FIFTEEN -- EIGHTEEN -- WHENEVER IT WAS -- IN LOVE AND HATE -- HEATHWALK -- RECONCILIATION -- SLEEP -- IN THE HALF-LIGHT -- WEEKEND AWAY -- SMOKING IN BED -- SEVERANCE -- POETRY READING -- WHAT YOU KNOW -- TIME'S LIGHT, TIME'S DARKNESS -- THE MIDDLE OF lIFE -- PRIMAL SCENE -- WIND -- DESPAIR -- IN THE HOUSE -- ROOMS -- FLOWERS -- ACCIDENT -- IN THE MIDDLE OF LIFE -- STATEMENT -- UNTITLED -- TO AN UNKNOWN LOVER -- THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO -- THE HANDLESS MAIDEN -- ASSEMBLAGE -- NOVEMBER MORNING, BOSTON -- CLOCK MUSEUM -- WINTER SOLSTICE, 1994 -- AT THE MELBOURNE GENERAL CEMETERY -- IN MEMORY -- HOME -- MUSIC, POETRY -- VIDEO -- STORIES -- MINISTRATION -- DYING -- PAIN -- DEATH -- HERE -- DAY OF THE FUNERAL -- GRAVESIDE VISIT - I -- GRAVESIDE VISIT - II -- GRAVESIDE VISIT - III -- LITTORAL -- SITES -- HOMECOMINGS -- IN TRANSIT -- FAMILY SOJOURN -- THE JOURNEY BACK -- VISITATION -- DUST -- GARDEN -- PEACH TREE -- SILENCE -- SEASCAPE -- SUMMER'S END -- ATWENTWORTH FALLS -- RAIN -- RAINFORESTWALK -- RAINFOREST FERNS -- AFTER RAIN -- WATERFALL -- NEAR KATOOMBA FALLS -- AT JERRIKELLIMI CAVE -- MOUNTAIN SCENE -- GARDENS -- AT HAWTHORNDEN CASTLE -- FIRST WALK -- BIRCH -- BUDS -- BUMBLE BEE -- CLOCK -- VENICE NOTEBOOK.
Abstract:
Jordie Albiston's collection of poetry documents the complex world of music and memory, history and art, from the perspectives of such figures as Frida Kahlo, Emily Dickinson, the witches of Salem, Ahab and Frankenstein. Voicing the unspoken languages of the body, these poems aim to negogiate the corporeal narratives of anorexia, abortion, conception and desire with a tension between content and form. Diane Fahey's collection explores diverse settings in Venice, Scotland and Australia. She is also the inner traveller, revisiting sites of trauma and hard-won knowlegde in youth and adult life.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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