{"product_id":"9781784105396","title":"Unearthly Toys: Poems and Masks","description":"\u003cp\u003eNed Denny's \u003ci\u003eUnearthly Toys\u003c\/i\u003e are treacherous playthings, as rigorously structured as they are thematically unsettling, a 'rhapsody of rags gathered from several dung-hills, excrements of authors, toys and fopperies confusedly tumbled about' (as Robert Burton dubbed his \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection opens on a twilit, numinous world of exotic drugs, subterranean drums and visionary apprehension in which - to quote \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e, a recurrent leitmotif - 'the woods are wondrous ... but strange'. Interspersed with original poems in a variety of complex forms is a series of illuminated and darkly erotic 'remakes' of other poets' work, from the Old English classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e to late Baudelaire via Goethe, Cavalcanti, Li Po, enigmatic troubadour lyrics, and the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Politics are never far away: modern man's severance from the earth, the sacred, and his own inner self has grave consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129523880176,"sku":"9781784105396","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784105396_p0.jpg?v=1763726005","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784105396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}