Opia, Alan Moore's first collection of poems, introduces a virtuoso poet capable of an unusual range of forms, tones and images. Central to the book is a sequence of sonnets which unfolds the drama of a doomed love affair, with France and Ireland as its backdrop. Elsewhere, Alan Moore adopts a series of masks and voices, from the comic to the serious, and engages in a dazzling succession of scene-changes.
Opia is a first book of exceptional energy and inventiveness; it is one of the most assured debuts in recent Irish poetry.
| ISBN: | 9780856461613 |
| Publication date: | 4th September 1986 |
| Author: | Alan Moore |
| Publisher: | Anvil Press Poetry an imprint of Carcanet Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 83 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Opia, Alan Moore's first collection of poems, introduces a virtuoso poet capable of an unusual range of forms, tones and images. Central to the book is a sequence of sonnets which unfolds the drama of a doomed love affair, with France and Ireland as its backdrop.
Opia features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
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Opia was written by Alan Moore and published by Anvil Press Poetry an imprint of Carcanet Press
Opia has 83 pages