Eros and Thanatos

The twin themes of Sex and Death - Eros and Thanatos - predominate in this provocative new collection from Paul Groves. With formal elegance and ironic flair he expertly dissects the angst of modern and postmodern men and women. In 'A Revelation' a cosy suburban couple are invited by friends who have just become naturists to disrobe after a dinner party. The protagonist in 'Reverse Striptease' is driven wild by a woman putting her clothes on. Death is as much a target as Sex, and in poems like 'The Dog's Funeral' Groves sets out to undermine our expectations, to tease us with the sinister that lurks beneath the mundane. His deceptively plain language and astute use of rhyme and metre help tame this volatile material. The result is often very funny as well as thought-provoking and the reverse of 'Politically Correct' - the title of yet another poem.

ISBN 1854112546   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9781854112545 (What's this?)   Pages 64 Publisher Poetry Wales Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Seren   Weight (grammes) 91 Format Paperback   Published in Bridgend Publication date 18 May 1999   Height (mm) 190 Non-book description 64 p. ;   Width (mm) 139 Library of Congress PR6057.R76   Spine width (mm) 6 DEWEY 821.914   Academic level General

		A High Room off Spitalgasse		7
		A Particular Woman		8
		A Revelation		10
		A Suicide at Large		12
		After Matins		13
		At Michaud's Restaurant, Paris		14
		At St Mary the Virgin, Fairford, Gloucestershire		15
		Breakfast in Space		17
		Cleddon Falls		18
		Dead Dogs		19
		Divorce Proceedings		20
		Dr. Death		21
		Dusk, Haslemere		22
		Endgame		23
		Exposure		24
		Friends		25
		Getting Down To It		26
		Golden Days in Linz		27
		Here today ...		28
		Hypothetical		29
		In The Frame		31
		Just a Moment		32
		Leda and the Fly		33
		Lines for Georgia O'Keeffe		34
		Living in the Reflection		35
		Lovers, Dinard		36
		Message in a Bottle		37
		Minski in a Pavement Cafe		38
		Model Behaviour		39
		Next to Godliness		40
		Pavonine		41
		Plenary Session		42
		Point of Reference		43
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