The Oval Window by J. H. Prynne A Herring Famine conjuring a life rich with

conjuring a life rich with 'whispering pelts' in theatre cloakrooms

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a definitive selection of the elegant work by a poet at the forefront of American poetry for more than three decades

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The Oval Window by J. H. Prynne A Herring Famine conjuring a life rich withThis volume is a new annotated edition of J. H. Prynne's 1983 poem The Oval Window, making use of photographs taken by the poet at the time and place of composition, together with a substantial portfolio supplied by him of source and reference material. This source material includes political and economic news published during the period in early autumn 1983 when the poem was written, together with extracts from literature, Eastern and Western