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A Hatfield Mass

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A Hatfield Mass
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Bib. Number0024145

A Hatfield Mass

Author/EditorCRUCEFIX Martyn
PublisherWorple Press
Place PublishedTonbridge, Kent
Year
Date & Collation30pp.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationPoetry book inspired by the 2011 exhibition of Moore's sculptures at Hatfield House (for which see 0022051). Six poems are each named after one of Moore's sculptures exhibited at Hatfield, and subtitled after one of the ordinaries of the Christian mass. They are: Large Totem Head (LH 577) (kyrie), Three Piece Reclining Figure: Draped (LH 655) (gloria), Reclining Figure: Angles (LH 675) (credo), Draped Reclining Figure (LH 336) (sanctus), Mother and Child (LH 269b) (benedictus), and Reclining Connected Forms (LH 612) (agnus dei). Cover illustration is of Draped Reclining Figure (LH 336). Introduction also mentions Reclining Mother and Child (LH 649).