{"product_id":"9780241747421","title":"Transfigurations","description":"Author: Wright, Jay\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241747421\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 640\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection of epic scale and transformative vision from one of the most innovative American poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over half a century, Jay Wright's poetry has been celebrated for its alertness to the multiplicity of human experience and identity, and championed by eminent literary figures from Carl Phillips to Harold Bloom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gravitational pull of Wright's lyric voice transforms life into myth, body into spirit, image into icon, and ritual into collective consciousness. Revelling in the rich interplay between Native American, African American, Latin American and West African cultural forms, Wright disentangles the threads of these complex historical forces to present a tapestry of the Atlantic World and the people who move within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished for the first time in the UK, \u003ci\u003eTransfigurations \u003c\/i\u003eis a career-defining volume that includes all of Wright's twentieth century major poetry works- \u003ci\u003eThe Homecoming Singer \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003eSoothsayers and Omens \u003c\/i\u003e(1976), \u003ci\u003eExplications\/Interpretations \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), \u003ci\u003eDimensions of History \u003c\/i\u003e(1976), \u003ci\u003eThe Double Invention of Komo \u003c\/i\u003e(1980), \u003ci\u003eElaine's Book \u003c\/i\u003e(1988), \u003ci\u003eBoleros \u003c\/i\u003e(1991) and \u003ci\u003eTransformations \u003c\/i\u003e(1997).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransfigurations \u003c\/i\u003eis a singular opportunity for readers to fully immerse themselves in the sublime imagination of one of the most profound and enigmatic American poets.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727013073054,"sku":"UBD-9780241747421","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241747421.jpg?v=1776491332","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241747421","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}