In a country where much of the prominent poetry seeks to affirm the fleeting present and its changing values, John Peck s poetry comes as an important, if unlikely, gift. Peck s verse deals the cards of the fragmentary, ideogramic, juxtapositional, and elliptical through the deck of normally discursive syntax. Echoing late high Modernism, Peck s work, in the words of novelist Joseph McElroy, is a way of seeing things, confident in the packed vividness of the referential. Avoiding the narrow identity- or group-specific viewpoint of some of his contemporaries, Peck invites us to enter the...
In a country where much of the prominent poetry seeks to affirm the fleeting present and its changing values, John Peck s poetry comes as an import...
Shows students how to make their writing effective and grammatically correct. Organised into mini units and easy to read, it deals with everyday tasks and problems. This second edition adds further guidance on common questions raised by students, for example 'When does one use italics and/or underlining?'
Shows students how to make their writing effective and grammatically correct. Organised into mini units and easy to read, it deals with everyday tasks...
