Avebury

by Richard Berengarten

Overview

"I'm not a prophet, but I believe you have written a great poem..." --Octavio Paz (from a personal letter)

"The note on the back cover of the first edition of Avebury describes the book as 'a series of lyrical meditations, in which man's roots are rediscovered in the modes of perception of earlier cultures'. This is true; but it is also true to say that 'love defeating death' is a universal theme." --Jeremy Hooker

"Avebury freely moves through time, from pre-textual history to descriptions of art and civilisation, in the same way that Olson's Maximus Poems and all of Eliot's poems in Four Quartets envision history as an event that is taking place now and always, past and present simultaneously existing." --Neli Moody

"It was a welcome surprise to find Avebury, where I have walked among the stones so often, placed back meaningfully on the spiritual map." --Charles Tomlinson

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848615892
Publisher:	Shearsman Books
Publication date:	04/15/2018
Series:	Shearsman Library , #5
Edition description:	2nd Second Edition. ed.
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.08(d)

About the Author

Richard Berengarten (a.k.a. Richard Burns) was born in London in 1943, into a family of musicians. His writing integrates multiple strands, including English, French, Mediterranean, Jewish, Slavic, American and Asian influences. He has published more than 25 books. He is currently a Fellow of the English Association, a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge, an Academic Associate at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and poetry editor of Jewish Quarterly. His poems have been translated into more than 90 languages.