The District Commissioner's Dreams

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Carcanet, 2002 - Poetry - 110 pages
The District Commissioner's Dreams is an integrated collection in which Gregory Woods returns to the themes of obsession, possession and violence. In its explorations of masculinity, the opening section draws on struggles for power in ancient and more recent history. These poems dissect men's vanities and desires in ways which expose the personal facets of heroism and atrocity. In the pivotal central section, Woods returns to a colonial childhood and the roots of his own development as a writer. The third section then combines personal reminiscences with a sceptical re-examination of sexual liberation.

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Contents

Thamyris
13
Retreat from Syracuse
22
Devotions
29
Copyright

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About the author (2002)

Born in Cairo in 1953, Gregory Woods spent his early years in Ghana. He came to Britain in 1962 and later studied at the University of East Anglia. He is currently Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies at Nottingham Trent University.

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