Chess pieces / David Solway.

"David Solway's new collection of poems is a profound and witty work by a grandmaster of English verse. In forms ranging from free verse to strict quatrains to sly "translations," the poems in Chess Pieces display an astonishing formal skill. These are poems of wit, elegance, and...

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Main Author: Solway, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Series:Hugh MacLennan poetry series.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- 1 The Chess Clock -- 2 The Powers of the Pawn -- 3 A Counter-Truth -- 4 Handling the Chess Pieces -- 5 Bishop to King -- 6 Persians at Chess -- 7 My Mother's Chess -- 8 King to Queen -- 9 The Tournament -- 10 The Last Move: In Memoriam -- 11 The Catch -- 12 The Games -- 13 For Garry Kasparov -- 14 Deep Blue's Downfall -- 15 Writers on Chess: A Conversation -- 16 The Players -- 17 Tristan -- 18 The Master -- 19 King and Queen -- 20 Reminiscence of an Amateur -- 21 The Nimzovitch -- 22 Mr. Palomar at the Chessboard 
505 8 |a ""23 Greek Chess""""24 Allegory""; ""25 My Son at Chess""; ""26 My Own Chess""; ""27 Pawns and Pieces""; ""28 Ferdinand and Miranda Discovered Playing Chess""; ""29 My Game with Robert HÃ?bner""; ""30 My Game with a Friend""; ""31 Perpetual Check""; ""32 Wittgenstein at Chess""; ""33 Carving the Pieces""; ""34 Portraits""; ""35 My Daughter at Chess""; ""36 The Next Crusade""; ""37 Dream of a Chess Man""; ""38 The Pin""; ""39 Endgame""; ""Acknowledgments"" 
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