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Allen Curnow. The Bells of Saint Babel''s: Poems 1997-2001.-

Publication: World Literature Today
Publication Date: 22-MAR-02 		Format: Online - approximately 600 words
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Full Article Title: Allen Curnow. The Bells of Saint Babel''s: Poems 1997-2001.-(book review)

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Manchester, England. Carcanet (Paul & Co., distr.). 2001. 62 pages. 6.95 ISBN 1-85754-538-9

THE BELLS OF SAINT BABEL'S turns out to be the last volume that New Zealand's greatest poet published during his lifetime, for Allen Curnow died last autumn. It is a slim book, containing a mere twelve poems, but its brevity foregrounds Curnow's characteristic economy of expression, which gives the poems a deceptive air of simplicity. It is a poetry of essences, evoking complex emotions and thoughts about basic human experiences in a language which is very...

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