{"product_id":"dogged-paperback-softback-9781625346421","title":"Dogged (Paperback \/ softback) 9781625346421","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDogged\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStacy Gnall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781625346421\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 14.2 x 1 cm, 0.113 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLocated somewhere between fiction and reality, the animals of \u003ci\u003eDogged \u003c\/i\u003eexist as both \"creatures children see in their fevers\" and \"your one \/ good dream \/ in the night.\" Inhabiting a space apart from time and narrative, the space of the ever-elusive now, these haunting poems probe animal consciousness and desire, as \"howls float \/ like crocuses— \/ violet \/ and half open \/ to the unknown.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Looking to a wide range of high and low visual media, from Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e and Animal Planet's \u003ci\u003eFatal Attractions\u003c\/i\u003e to Peter Paul Rubens's painting of Hercules's dog discovering Tyrian purple, Stacy Gnall ponders human-animal connections and divisions, exploring those moments when human voices blend with \"silent\" beasts to exceed the limits of language. In \u003ci\u003eDogged\u003c\/i\u003e, animals emerge as the highest aspiration of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAround the bend it was reckoned \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe would never grow old        \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause there were no words for it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI placed my arms soft \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003earound the neck of a fawn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand she felt no alarm. Speech \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis where we went wrong.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eFrom \"The Wood in Which Things Have No Name\")\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52633019089176,"sku":"9781625346421","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dogged-paperback-softback-9781625346421","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}