M.T.C. Cronin & Peter Boyle : How does a man
who is dead reinvent his body?
The Belated Love Poems
of Thean Morris Caelli
Published 15 November 2008
Paperback, 140pp, 9x6ins, £9.95 / $17
ISBN 9781848610163
Subtitled The Belated Love Poems of Thean Morris Caelli—a neglected 20th Century poet—this collection represents the merging of two contemporary Antipodean poets into the consciousness of a mysterious third imaginatively inhabited by many. Within the broadly surrealist tradition of experimentation and co-operative writing the collaborative Thean of mixed age, gender and genealogy channels polyphonous voices into an inclusive and complex vision. In this Opus #1, s/he participates in a rich diversity of dialogues: between a Japanese woman and her ghost-lover; between flawed dreams and their fracture into waking; between the individual speaker and the poet(s) he or she becomes only when heard or read. How Does a Man Who is Dead Reinvent His Body? is a remarkable departure for two of the finest poets from Australia's current middle generation.
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