George Macbeth (Vol. 9) - MacBeth, George 1932–
MacBeth, George 1932–
A Scottish poet and novelist, MacBeth is noted for his innovative use of word associations and juxtapositions. His verse is both ritualistic and personal, his fiction experimental and erotic. (See also CLC, Vols. 2, 5, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28, rev. ed.)
George MacBeth's cluster of nasty, surreal images go with a sardonic lilt these days. I don't care for the places in [In the Hours Waiting for the Blood to Come] where they are marshalled with the old intensity (as in the title-poem), but it would be wrong to miss the skill with which, in something like 'Elegy for the Gas Dowsers', MacBeth brings off a sustained parable of decay, a genuine eco-nightmare for our time. Even so, the best poems are the most relaxed. 'The Poet's Life' is by far the best of those, a neat session of self-revelation and self-mockery which makes one of the most entertaining poems he has given us for some time. (p....
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