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Dreaming Frankenstein: & Collected Poems 1967-1984

Dreaming Frankenstein: & Collected Poems 1967-1984

by Liz Lochhead (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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    Hardcover 1994

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Synopsis

Liz Lochhead has built an impressive reputation as poet, playwright and performer attracting a large and admiring public. Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems stands as a monument to her early work: four collections Memo for Spring (1972), Islands (1978) and Grimm Sisters (1981) and the title volume together provide a complete record of her poetry from 1967 to 1984. In Dreaming Frankenstein human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central. Attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions all are made immediate through her imagery and acute powers of observation and through her flair as a storyteller.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Published: 02 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0954407512
ISBN 13: 9780954407513

Media Reviews
'This volume brings a range of material and confidence of tone which are most impressive... the tone varies from the rueful to the forceful. This is a bold, striking collection' - Edwin Morgan 'Dreaming Frankenstein is a rare thing: a book of poems that sparkles' - The Scotsman 'One of the few poets writing today capable of encompassing the matter of contemporary life in terms that are both attractive and thought-provoking.
Author Bio
Liz Lochhead, a Scottish poet and playwright, was born in Motherwell in 1947. After studying at Glasgow School of Art she taught at art schools in Glasgow and Bristol while working on her poetry. She is a Fellow of Glasgow School of Art, an Honorary Doctor of Letters of Glasgow University, a Fellow of RSAMD and of Glasgow Institute of Art, and is an Honorary President of the Scottish Poetry Library. Her poetry collections include True Confessions and New Cliches (Polygon 1985), Bagpipe Muzak (Penguin 1991), and The Colour of Black and White: Poems 1984 2003 (Polygon 2003). Her plays include Tartuffe (Polygon 1986), Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (Penguin 1989) and the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award-winning Medea (Nick Hern Books 2000). Liz Lochhead lives in Glasgow.