Christopher Norris is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cardiff. In his early career he taught English Literature, then moved to Philosophy via Literary Theory, and has now moved back in the direction of creative writing. He has published widely on the topic of deconstruction and is the author of more than thirty books on aspects of philosophy, literature, the history of ideas, and music. More recently he has turned to poetry in various genres, including that of philosophical verse. The present volume is a sequel to Hedgehogs: verse-reflections after Derrida, published by utopos in 2020. Among his other collections are The Cardinal's Dog, For the Tempus-Fugitives, The Matter of Rhyme, A Partial Truth, and Socrates at Verse. He has lectured and held visiting posts at universities around the world, and his books have been translated into many languages.

About the author
About this book
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Damaged Life
'Promise me this, my child'
Gold Assay
Invitation to the Dance
Little Hans
Gaps
Waysiders
Truth, Beauty, Writing: two caveats
Constanza
An Absurdity
Magic Flute
Late Extra: Freud
A Confusion
Sacrificial Lamb
Futures
Just Checking
By Popular Demand
Splinter
Beasts
Glimpses
Truth and Happiness
Poetry and Thought: a dialogue
Out of the Pram
Negatives
Life-Schooling
Hegel and the Robot-Bombs
'Life Within': a Proustian caution
Snow
Pastoral-Perverse
Exile and Writing
'In Theory'
Nisi Malum
Winterreise
Bad Language
Worlds: Don Juan
Martyrs
Monad
Sticky: contra Galen
'Beyond Compare'
But
Stumm
Strophes: verse, prose, song
To My Successors
Not But
Dirty Secrets
A Courtesy
Out of Thought
An Error
Aftermaths
'In the style of...'
Exile: Oxford
Against Perfection
Damaged Life
Objects
'Bless You, Guv'nor'
Little Nails
Homecoming
Dream-Catchers
Unhomely Truths
Censored
Commitment: Adorno/Brecht
Finale