Dreaming Frankenstein

Description

Dreaming Frankenstein, a welcome reissue of a book that has reprinted 8 times and sold more than 20,000 copies, where human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central. Attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions all are made immediate through Liz Lochhead's imagery and acute powers of observation and through her flair as a storyteller.

Liz Lochhead, a Scottish poet and playwright, was born in Motherwell in 1947. After studying at Glasgow School of Art she taught at art schools in Glasgow and Bristol while working on her poetry. She is a Fellow of Glasgow School of Art, an Honorary Doctor of Letters of Glasgow University, a Fellow of RSAMD and of Glasgow Institute of Art, and is an Honorary President of the Scottish Poetry Library. Her poetry collections include "True Confessions and New Cliches" (Polygon 1985), "Bagpipe Muzak" (Penguin 1991), and "The Colour of Black and White: Poems 1984 2003" (Polygon 2003). Her plays include "Tartuffe" (Polygon 1986), "Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off" (Penguin 1989) and the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award-winning "Medea" (Nick Hern Books 2000). Liz Lochhead lives in Glasgow."

'This volume brings a range of material and confidence of tone which are most impressive... the tone varies from the rueful to the forceful. This is a bold, striking collection' -- Edwin Morgan 'Dreaming Frankenstein is a rare thing: a book of poems that sparkles' * Scotsman * 'One of the few poets writing today capable of encompassing the matter of contemporary life in terms that are both attractive and thought-provoking' * Books in Scotland *