The poems progress steadily from the erotic and mythic to the lapidary and biblical, relentlessly constructing images, finding any way to bring the world into the light - what there is of light, when the light is on. He tries to trick tragedy into revealing itself by means of costume, comedy, thought experiment, theatre of the absurd, and Punch and Judy. Vincent sorts through and tries to arrange cosmologies, eloquence, narrative, insight, only to find fatal limitations. After John Emil Vincent's best friend descends into depression and hangs himself, fluency and acuity lose their lustre. Summary Note: Bitter in the Belly reckons with suicide's wreckage. By Vincent, John Emil, 1969- 2021., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: NEW QWF 811.6 V772b Availability: 1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hugh MacLennan poetry series.
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