In My Father's House

By David Kinloch

This extended sequence of poems explores eccentric fathers and other adult relationships through an examination of patriarchal values that includes such figures as the 19th-century explorer David Livingstone, Irish patriot Roger Casement, and the poet's own father. The second part of this collection includes a long narrative poem that celebrates the relationship between two 17th-century Englishmen--a diplomat and a doctor. Inspired by portraits hanging in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the verses detail their passionate and erudite life together in Constantinople.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857547667
• ISBN13: 9781857547665
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.6"