Jackself Polley Jacob
Jackself Polley Jacob Winner of the T. S. Jackself is the fourth collection from one of Britain's finest poets, and sees Jacob Polley at the height of his powers. Eliot Prize for Poetry. At once…
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Jackself Polley Jacob
Winner of the T. S. Jackself is the fourth collection from one of Britain's finest poets, and sees Jacob Polley at the height of his powers. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
At once playful and terrifying, lyric and narratively compelling, Jackself is an un In one of the most original books of poetry to appear in the last decade, Jackself spins a kind of 'fictionalized autobiography' through nursery rhymes, riddles and cautionary tales, and through the many 'Jacks' of our folktale, legend, phrase and fable - everyman Jacks and no one Jacks, Jackdaw, Jack-O-Lantern, Jack Sprat, Cheapjack and Jack Frost.