The principle of rapid peering
Legris, Sylvia2024
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The title of Sylvia Legris' melopoeic collection 'The Principle of Rapid Peering' comes from a phrase the nineteenth-century ornithologist and field biologist Joseph Grinnell used to describe the feeding behaviour of certain birds. Rather than waiting passively for food to approach them, these birds live in a continuous mode of 'rapid peering'. Legris explores this rich theme of active observation through a spray of poems that together form a kind of almanac or naturalist's notebook in verse.
Main title:
The principle of rapid peering / Sylvia Legris.
Author:
Legris, Sylvia, author
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2024.
Collation:
112 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781472158864 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
811.6811.6 LEGR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2684424
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