{"product_id":"chamber-music-pomes-penyeach-and-other-poems-paperback","title":"Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach and Other Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Joyce (1882-1941) led the vanguard of twentieth-century fiction, and his experimental use of language and stream of consciousness continues to captivate, intrigue, and influence readers and writers. Universally known for his novels\u003ci\u003e A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1916), \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), Joyce was also a lyric poet and based some of his poems on music. Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, the band Sonic Youth, and composers Samuel Barber and Ross Lee Finney have musically adapted his poems. This volume combines two of Joyce's poetry books -- \u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/i\u003e (1907), a collection of thirty-six love poems, and \u003ci\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), which features thirteen poems -- with two longer poems by Joyce, \"The Holy Office\" and \"Gas from a Burner.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Joyce, the author of the groundbreaking novels \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, led the vanguard of twentieth-century fiction. He also prided himself on his verse, from his earliest writing and his debut book to poetic qualities in his prose. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume combines two of Joyce's poetry books in their entirety and two additional poems. Joyce based some of the thirty-six lyrical love poems in \u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/i\u003e (1907) on songs; selections have been set to music by a variety of composers, including Sonic Youth and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. \u003ci\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) features \"real poetry--perhaps some of the purest of our time\" that is \"unmistakably original,\" in the words of one contemporaneous review. \"The Holy Office\" (1905) and \"Gas from a Burner\" (1912) are autobiographical and satirical and are longer than the other poems. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 8.02 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45859044753605,"sku":"9780486850757","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/g7w42pEyTG9780486850757.webp?v=1771522147","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/chamber-music-pomes-penyeach-and-other-poems-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}