Andrew Staniland's Books
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Poems (2007)
Andrew Staniland
Andrew Staniland’s new collection continues the style of his New Poems and Collected Poems 1982-2004. The poems are written in classical metre, in the romantic tradition of English poetry. They include Five Hymns (dedicated to five gods and goddesses representing different elements of contemporary culture and spirituality), Twelve Films By Eric Rohmer, An Older Actress (a narrative poem in alexandrine couplets about a French actress and her film career), William Blake And The Eighteenth Century New Age and Sonnetinas (a miscellaneous sequence of sonnet-like miniatures). Download the collection as a pdf, for free, here. Reviews: "A major poet..." more...
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New Poems The poems in this collection (2006) continue the style of the Collected Poems 1982-2004. They are poems about contemporary spiritual experience, written in classical metre, in the romantic tradition of English poetry. They include a series of odes and a sequence of short poems which give the collection its title. Read an extract here. Reviews: "A wonderful writer, and a great discovery." more...
ISBN 184685394X |
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The Beauty Of Psyche
by Andrew Staniland The Beauty Of Psyche is a retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche as a novel about imagination. The characters are played by actors, against a backdrop of paintings, models and sets. The story at times becomes a series of paintings and sculptures in an exhibition. And many of the references to people, films, theatre and other myths may or may not be imaginary too. Read an extract here. Reviews: "The Genius of Psyche", "Brilliant Poetic Novel" more...
ISBN 1846854261 |
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The Weight Of Light
by Andrew Staniland The Weight Of Light is a lyrical description of a woman’s inner life. It is set in the woman’s apartment, like a camera recording the poetry of her daily life, her meditations and spiritual experiences. Read an extract here. Reviews: "An Extraordinary Novel" more...
ISBN 1846854342 |
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Collected Poems 1982-2004
by Andrew Staniland The poems collected here, from 1982 to 2004, are in the romantic tradition of English poetry and are written, almost all, in classical metre. They explore contemporary spiritual and psychotherapeutic experience. Read an extract here.
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Three Narrative Poems
by Andrew Staniland The three narrative poems collected here use classical blank verse and contemporary cinematic narrative techniques to tell their stories. White Russian is a lyrical description of a young Russian woman’s life in London. A Child Of God is a comic study of a New Age guru and his small band of devotees. A European Master is a debate about contemporary aesthetic values between a French actress and an East European film director. Read an extract here.
ISBN 1846854075 |
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Four Plays
by Andrew Staniland The Temple Of The Goddess (1992) is a verse tragedy set in pre-classical Greece. A matriarchal bronze age state is invaded by a patriarchal iron age army. The Playwright (1993) is a drama about resurgent nationalism in post-communist Eastern Europe. Mornings In The Life Of A Theatre Critic (1993) is a London theatre comedy. The Valley Of Stones (1994) is a tragedy of survival and defiance in a refugee camp. Read an extract here. Reviews: "Classical, pungent, witty, impassioned" more... ISBN 1846854350 |
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What Is Poetry? Download the pdf here. What Is Metre? Download the pdf here. The Seven Laws Of NitramA short story satirising the New Age male ego.
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