The Space of Joy

Presents a sequence of poems that recounts the endless desire for love in a number of writers and musicians who fatally prioritise their art. This book talks ab... » 

Presents a sequence of poems that recounts the endless desire for love in a number of writers and musicians who fatally prioritise their art. This book talks about Petrarch, who created great lyric poetry out of an impossible infatuation, Coleridge's self-induced guilt within domestic happiness, Matthew Arnold's disbelief in mutual love, and more. «