{"product_id":"2026200010457-secondhand-toil-spin-two-directions-in-modern-poetry","title":"Toil \u0026 Spin: Two Directions In Modern Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern poetry has never been a single road — it is a map of divergent paths, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe charts two of its most compelling directions with the precision of a scholar and the passion of a practitioner. Toil \u0026amp; Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry presents a critical investigation into the forces that have shaped contemporary verse, examining the tension between labour and lyric, discipline and freedom, tradition and rupture. Wallace-Crabbe brings his dual authority as both poet and literary critic to bear on a rich selection of works, arguing that modern poetry's vitality lies precisely in its refusal to settle into a single mode.\n\nThroughout these essays, Wallace-Crabbe illustrates how the seemingly opposing impulses within modern poetry — the gritty, toiling engagement with the world and the more introspective, spinning inward turn — are not contradictions but necessary complements. His prose is lucid yet layered, capable of illuminating the mechanics of a poem without stripping it of mystery. For anyone seeking to understand the restless energies driving twentieth-century verse, this volume leaves one with the distinct sense that the argument is far from over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130681073883,"sku":"2026200010457-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/68d65de6-c6e9-47a9-8da1-b7e431ed22bc.png?v=1786588452","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010457-secondhand-toil-spin-two-directions-in-modern-poetry","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}