Containing: Arctic Paradise (previously unpublished), Loving Memory (The Muffled Bells, Mimmo Perrella Non e Piu, Cheating the Void, Letters in the Rock), The Blasphemers' Banquet, The Gaze of the Gorgon, Black Daisies for the Bride, A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan, The Shadow of Hiroshima, Prometheus, Metamorpheus (previously unpublished), Crossings (previously unpublished),

With introductions by Tony Harrison and Peter Symes

Collected Film Poetry is a new collection of Tony Harrison's film poetry, published to coincide with his seventieth birthday.

'Harrison is the first master of a form he has made his own.' Observer

About the Author
Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937. His volumes of poetry include The Loiners (winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize), Continuous, v. (broadcast on Channel 4 in 1987, winning the Royal Television Society Award, The Gaze of the Gorgon (winner of the Whitbread Prize for poetry) and Laureate's Block. Recognised as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Tony Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC, Channel 4, and for unique ancient spaces in Greece and Austria. His film, Black Daisies for the Bride won the Prix Italia in 1994; this and his volume of film/poems The Shadow of Hiroshima and Other Film/Poems and his feature film Prometheus are published by Faber and Faber. His most recent film/poem was Crossings (LWT), 2002.

Reviews
"'This stunningly inventive work is so spellbindingly innovative that it defies description.' Irish Times, on 'Black Daisies for the Brides' (1993)"



Book Information
ISBN 9780571234097
Author Tony Harrison
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 585g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 136mm * 36mm