{"product_id":"2026100009183-secondhand-the-verse-of-christopher-brennan","title":"The Verse Of Christopher Brennan","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, one singular voice rose above the colonial landscape of Australian letters to claim a place among the great symbolist poets of the world — Christopher Brennan. The Verse of Christopher Brennan, meticulously edited by A. R. Chisholm and J. J. Quinn, presents a definitive collection of Brennan's complete poetic output, drawing together the visionary, often tormented verse of a man who pursued transcendence with the fervour of a mystic and the rigour of a classical scholar. Steeped in the influence of Stéphane Mallarmé and the broader European Symbolist movement, his poetry chronicles the eternal human struggle between longing and loss, darkness and illumination, the temporal world and an unattainable ideal.\n\nAccompanied by a biographical introduction by A. R. Chisholm, this authoritative volume illuminates the complex inner life of a poet whose work remains both deeply philosophical and hauntingly lyrical. Brennan's verse argues, in its own oblique and magnificent way, that poetry is nothing less than a spiritual act — a reaching toward the ineffable through the precise arrangement of language. Published by the venerable Australian house of Angus and Robertson, this edition stands as an essential landmark in Australian literary heritage, and for anyone willing to follow Brennan into his labyrinthine inner world, the rewards are profound and enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269346238683,"sku":"2026100009183-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/672b4f42-6de6-40cc-9be8-f12286c29b59.png?v=1788998977","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009183-secondhand-the-verse-of-christopher-brennan","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}