Doppler Effect

by John Kinsella

This new selection of John Kinsella's innovative poetry gathers work from over fifteen years. Including seminal works like Syzygy and Erratum/Frame(d) as well as more fugitive publications like The Radnoti Poems and The Benefaction, this is a key title for anyone wanting to understand the breadth of Kinsella's poetic vision.

280 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

John Kinsella is the author of more than twenty collections of poetry. The recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award, he has taught at Cambridge University and Kenyon College. He lives in Western Australia.

Reviews

[Cynthia Arrieu-King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Post-Romantic, Post-modern, and I wonder if post-avant. Perloff in the intro remarks this is an eco poet who knows natural imagery in the tradition of the Romantics is dead. And Harold Bloom said something like he's got the high low populist/elite thing Ashbery has going on. These things are all true, and the book sprawls on the present mind's eye landscapes that Srikanth Reddy approached with minimalism, but this is all maximalist, scrawl and head-long. Sensically cluttered lines -- not language poetry.