Angel Blood
The Tess Poems
- Publisher
- Frontenac House Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2004
- Category
- Canadian
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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.
