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It was first published, directly on [[paperback]], [[e-book]] and [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] in the [[United Kingdom]] by Papaveria Press, an [[imprint]] of Circle Six, in July 2011.<ref name=release>{{cite web|url=http://www.papaveria.com/2011/new-release-songs-for-the-devil-and-death/ |title=New Release: Songs for the Devil and Death |author=Erszebet Yellowboy Carr |publisher=Papaveria press |date=2011-07-18 |accessdate=2011-07-19}}</ref>
It was first published, directly on [[paperback]], [[e-book]] and [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] in the [[United Kingdom]] by Papaveria Press, an [[imprint]] of Circle Six, in July 2011.<ref name=release>{{cite web|url=http://www.papaveria.com/2011/new-release-songs-for-the-devil-and-death/ |title=New Release: Songs for the Devil and Death |author=Erszebet Yellowboy Carr |publisher=Papaveria press |date=2011-07-18 |accessdate=2011-07-19}}</ref>


It is sold through most of the "regular" book retailers, both in shops and [[Online shopping|on line]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/hal+duncan/songs+for+the+devil+and+death/8643752/ |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Waterstones |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-Devil-Death-Hal-Duncan/dp/1907881042 |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearcWH Smith |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> and can be bought through the Circle Six website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.circlesix.net/shop/songs-for-the-devil-and-death/ |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Circle Six |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>
It is sold through most of the "regular" book retailers, both in shops and [[Online shopping|on line]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/hal+duncan/songs+for+the+devil+and+death/8643752/ |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Waterstones |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-Devil-Death-Hal-Duncan/dp/1907881042 |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |publisher=WH Smith |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> and can be bought through the Circle Six website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.circlesix.net/shop/songs-for-the-devil-and-death/ |title=Songs for the Devil and Death |author= |publisher=Circle Six |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>


==Themes==
==Themes==

Revision as of 12:41, 22 July 2011

Songs for the Devil and Death
File:Devil&DeathDuncan.jpg
Songs for the Devil and Death first edition cover.
AuthorHal Duncan
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherPapaveria Press
Publication date
2011-07-18
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages172 pp
ISBN978-1907881046

Songs for the Devil and Death is a poetry collection by Scottish author Hal Duncan.

It is Duncan's first poetry collection to receive wide release as his two previous collections, Sonnets for Orpheus and The Lucifer Cantos had only been printed as very limited, handbound editions - respectively, 26 and 24 copies.[1][2]

It was first published, directly on paperback, e-book and Kindle in the United Kingdom by Papaveria Press, an imprint of Circle Six, in July 2011.[3]

It is sold through most of the "regular" book retailers, both in shops and on line,[4][5][6] and can be bought through the Circle Six website.[7]

Themes

Hal Duncan once said that he doesn't choose the themes he writes on - rather, they "cross each other’s paths".[8] Death and sexuality (he is homosexual[9]) are central in his works.

He admits that when writing poetry he "unleashes" his inner self much more than he does when he writes prose.[8]

It has been called a "primal collection of verse" focused on highlighting humanity in an inhuman world. It deals with grief, rage, pain and ecstasy.[10]

Contents

Included in this collection are:

Lucifer Risen
From the Fragments of Heraklitos
Wake
Sonnet 14
Sonnet 15
Sonnets for Kouroi Old and New
Sonnet 28
Sonnet 29
Amorica
Sonnet 42
Sonnet 43
Still Lives
Sonnet 56 The Rock of Carrion’s Kings
Sonnet 70
Sonnet 71
Sonnets for Orpheus
Sonnet 84
Sonnet 85
The Fiddler and the Dogs
The Lucifer Cantos[10]

Reactions

Papaveria Press founder Erszebet YellowBoy Carr praises Duncan's ability to convey and stimulate emotional reactions in the reader.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Sonnets for Orpheus". Papaveria press. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  2. ^ "The Lucifer Cantos". Papaveria press. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. ^ Erszebet Yellowboy Carr (2011-07-18). "New Release: Songs for the Devil and Death". Papaveria press. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  4. ^ "Songs for the Devil and Death". Waterstones. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ "Songs for the Devil and Death". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  6. ^ "Songs for the Devil and Death". WH Smith. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  7. ^ "Songs for the Devil and Death". Circle Six. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  8. ^ a b Erszebet Yellowboy Carr (2010-10-05). "Ferocious Poetry". Papaveria press. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  9. ^ Hal Duncan (2009-10-01). "To the Water-Fountains". BSCreview. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  10. ^ a b Erszebet Yellowboy Carr (2011-07-11). "Songs for the Devil and Death". Papaveria Press. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  11. ^ Erszebet Yellowboy Carr (2011-07-06). "This Poetry". Erszebet Yellowboy Carr. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
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