{"product_id":"the-oval-window-by-jh-prynne-9781780371269","title":"The Oval Window","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a new annotated edition of J.H. Prynne's 1983 poem \u003cem\u003eThe Oval Window\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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 philosophy, optics, anatomy, computer programming language, and a considerable quantity of ancient Chinese poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition has two commentary essays: the first primarily concerned with approaches to reading, including the use of search engines, and with the relations between different elements in the work, and the second with the topography and the critical antecedents of the poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor ease of reading, a clean reading text is included as well as the annotated text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe expanded third edition of Prynne's \u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) was published by Bloodaxe in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600047063276,"sku":"9781780371269","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d9e67bdb1b69c4acb03c000fd2dbff9f.jpg?v=1778021323","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-oval-window-by-jh-prynne-9781780371269","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}