Divine Comedy: Journeys Through a Regional Geography
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Divine Comedy: Journeys Through a Regional Geography
By (Author) John Kinsella
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
18th August 2008
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.914
Short-listed for Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2009
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 131mm, Height 200mm, Spine 28mm
394g
Description
John Kinsella's daring new volume of poetry, Divine Comedy, is set in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It comprises three books: Purgatorio: up close, Paradiso: rupture, and Inferno: leisure centre. The poet-narrator takes the reader on a tour through the wonders of nature in its full regalia, resisting forces of damage and indifference that would see it destroyed. This is a book of hope and redemption that nonetheless faces up to the terrors and traumas in all of us, terrors and traumas we play out on the world, often unwittingly.
Author Bio
John Kinsella has been a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University since 1997, and was made an Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College in 2008. He is also a Professional Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and Adjunct Professor to Edith Cowan University. He has published over thirty books.
