{"product_id":"chamber-music-pomes-penyeach-and-other-poems-dover-thrift-editions-poetry","title":"Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Joyce, the author of the groundbreaking novels \n\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, led the vanguard of twentieth-century fiction. He also prided himself on his verse, from his earliest writing and his debut book to poetic qualities in his prose. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume combines two of Joyce's poetry books in their entirety and two additional poems. Joyce based some of the thirty-six lyrical love poems in \n\u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/i\u003e (1907) on songs; selections have been set to music by a variety of composers, including Sonic Youth and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. \n\u003ci\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) features \"real poetry--perhaps some of the purest of our time\" that is \"unmistakably original,\" in the words of one contemporaneous review. \"The Holy Office\" (1905) and \"Gas from a Burner\" (1912) are autobiographical and satirical and are longer than the other poems. \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChamber Music \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pomes Penyeach \n\u003cbr\u003e Tilly \n\u003cbr\u003e Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba \n\u003cbr\u003e A Flower Given to My Daughter \n\u003cbr\u003e She Weeps over Rahoon \n\u003cbr\u003e Tutto è Sciolto \n\u003cbr\u003e On the Beach at Fontana \n\u003cbr\u003e Simples \n\u003cbr\u003e Flood \n\u003cbr\u003e Nightpiece \n\u003cbr\u003e Alone \n\u003cbr\u003e A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight \n\u003cbr\u003e Bahnhofstrasse \n\u003cbr\u003e A Prayer \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other Poems \n\u003cbr\u003e The Holy Office \n\u003cbr\u003e Gas from a Burner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This volume combines two of novelist and poet James Joyce's poetry books-Chamber Music (1907) and Pomes Penyeach (1927)-with \"The Holy Office\" (1904) and \"Gas from a Burner\" (1912)\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Joyce (1882-1941) led the vanguard of twentieth-century fiction, and his experimental use of language and stream of consciousness continues to captivate, intrigue, and influence readers and writers. Universally known for his novels \n\u003ci\u003e A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1916), \n\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), and \n\u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), Joyce was also a lyric poet and based some of his poems on music. Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, the band Sonic Youth, and composers Samuel Barber and Ross Lee Finney have musically adapted his poems. This volume combines two of Joyce's poetry books -- \n\u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/i\u003e (1907), a collection of thirty-six love poems, and \n\u003ci\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), which features thirteen poems -- with two longer poems by Joyce, \"The Holy Office\" and \"Gas from a Burner.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46581125677187,"sku":"SPTM-9780486850757","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780486850757_spiral_ea94442b-359e-415d-a6c8-659f7de18a3e.png?v=1770802554","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/chamber-music-pomes-penyeach-and-other-poems-dover-thrift-editions-poetry","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}