For Rod Mengham sculpture and painting exist in the world the way poems do. He invokes the Polish sculptor Katarzyna Kobro, who believes that sculpture must be understood as part of the world around it. In Chance of a Storm, poetry is language that comes trailing bits of other forms of speech and writing.
Mengham offers two books in one, prose and poetry, landscape and history.
A collection of essays about the art of the last thirty years from the Curator of Works at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Dr. Mengham's 1982 study delves into the inherent quality of secretiveness found in Green's writing, aiming to uncover the systematic foundations behind this intriguing aspect. Through a detailed analysis, the book explores how this characteristic shapes the narrative and thematic elements of Green's work, providing insights into the author's unique literary style and intentions.
This critical study of Hardy's short stories provides a thorough account of the ruling preoccupations and recurrent writing strategies of his entire corpus as well as providing detailed readings of several individual texts.
Książka to dwujęzyczny chapbook zawierający wiersze i prozy angielskiego poety Roda Menghama w oryginale oraz w tłumaczeniu Renaty Senktas i Adama Zdrodowskiego.
Warum es im Finnischen zahlreiche Bezeichnungen für Schnee gibt, denen ein Araber nichts entgegenzusetzen hat, während diesem eine Vielzahl arabischer Wörter zur Verfügung steht, um das Verhalten eines Kamels zu beschreiben, für diese und ähnliche Phänomene findet der Leser in Rod Menghams Untersuchung erstaunliche, aber immer plausible Erklärungen. Auf höchst unterhaltsame Weise führt er den Leser damit zu einem besseren Verständnis sozialer und sprachlicher Zusammenhänge.
