The poem’s house on a cliff over the sea is removed from a ship’s danger. To stay safe, the protagonist wants a commanding position and a captive audience. He’s no angelic, vulnerable boy in a crow’s nest looking out for the dangers presented by men and space. On the other hand, terrifyingly vast space has always already been banged out, the long lines have been stepped on by it, and for all its beauty, it has a potentially igniting effect on an embattled ego, a ship’s crew, a secretly fragile host. Which points not just to the cultural moment, but to the continual ills of history.
Cal Bedient on "The Breathing Place" |
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Burning Man: A New Biography of D. H. Lawrence
"Lawrence, Wilson writes, is a figure 'composed of mysteries rather than certainties': in this astonishing tale, rife with jealousy, messianism and blood, she meets Lawrence on his own terms, offering readers a mythology of his deeply wild and complex spirit."
via THE GUARDIAN |
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