{"product_id":"poems-by-james-joyce-9780241406045","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems published in Joyce's own lifetime are collected in a new edition, with an introduction and notes by scholar Clare Hutton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is only James Joyce's towering genius as a novelist that has led to his comparative neglect as a poet. And yet his poems not only occupy a pivotal position in Joyce's career, they are also magnificently assured achievements in their own right. \u003cem\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary debut, fusing a broad swathe of styles with characteristically sharp irony and joyful verbal exuberance. \u003cem\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003c\/em\u003e confronts painful personal issues of adultery, jealousy and betrayal and so paves the way for the more detached and fully realised treatment of these feelings in Joyce's masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included here is \u003cem\u003eEcce Puer\u003c\/em\u003e, written for his new-born grandson, as well as juvenilia, satires, translations, limericks, and a parody of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754172793068,"sku":"9780241406045","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241406045-poems.jpg?v=1781658814","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/poems-by-james-joyce-9780241406045","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}