movingparts

Edward Carson's movingparts confront and breathe new life into Aesop's fable The Fox and the Crow, as well as the shifting, often fragmentary ground between whats said and whats not about identity and intimacy in Sapphos lyrics. They take us from a creative process of disconnection and reassembly to a sonic pacing of words arising out of their stillness on the page, with a flair for syntactical compression balanced by a capricious yet transforming diction. An unexpected historical connection between Sappho and Aesop is revealed, hinting that what is true or false in the past or present of our lives can arrive at an intimacy with and illumination of more than we imagine.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2023
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

In Edward Carson's captivating new work, the poetic moving parts of moving parts delve into the depths of Aesop's fable, The Fox and the Crow, as well as the ever-shifting, often fragmented terrain between what is said and what is not about identity and intimacy in Sappho's lyrics. Reflecting the ever-changing nature of our minds, these poems transport us from a creative process of disconnection and reassembly to a sonic pacing of words emerging from their stillness on the page. A flair for syntactical compression is found throughout, balanced by a capricious yet transformative diction, as described by John Ashbery as seeking to stretch "the bond between language and communication." Calling witness to the narratives of history while pivoting their reach forward to the present, the rhythms, allusions, and resulting outcomes of Carson's use of language expand both narrative and discovery.

Moving parts reaches its climax when an unexpected historical connection between Sappho and Aesop is revealed, hinting that what is true or false in the past or present of our lives can reach an intimacy with and illumination of more than we can imagine.

Dimension: 191 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780228016663