Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki De Montalk - Couverture souple

Montalk, Stephanie De

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 086473414X ISBN 13 : 9780864734143

Editeur : Victoria University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Poet, polemicist, pagan, and pretender to the throne of Poland, Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk was one of the glittering generation of New Zealand poets of the 1930s. His career took a strange turn after he was imprisoned for obscene libel. Following a celebrated trial in London, he became increasingly eccentric, dressing in mock-medieval garb, claiming the throne of Poland, and issuing a stream of poetry and pamphlets, before returning to New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s. This is the first time his full story has been told and it will be relevant to those interested in the literature of obscenity, the history of censorship, and private press publishing in the 20th century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephanie de Montalk has worked as a nurse and documentary filmmaker and is a member of the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review. Her first collection of poems, Animals Indoors, was awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie MacKay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She received her masters in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Victoria University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 086473414X
• ISBN 13: 9780864734143
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible