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Angel Blood

The Tess Poems

by (author) Kevin Irie

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2004
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780973238044
    Publish Date
    Apr 2004
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

Angel Blood: The Tess Poems is Kevin Irie’s radical re-interpretation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Here, Tess herself recounts her tale of sex, class, money, and violence. This is the voice not of a Victorian maiden but a demonic Tess returned from the dead, unleashed from the underworld. Finally free to speak as she pleases, and with nothing to lose, she does not care who will be taken aback, be it husband, family, or “The President of the Immortals” – or even the innocent reader.

About the author

Kevin Irie is a poet and the author of five previous collections, including Viewing Tom Thomson: A Minority Report. He lives in Toronto.

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