Dreaming Frankenstein

Liz Lochhead has built an impressive reputation as poet, playwright and performer, attracting a large and admiring public. “Dreaming Frankenstein” and “Collected Poems” stands as a monument to her early work. Four collections- “Memo for Spring” (1972), “Islands” (1978) and “Grimm Sisters” (1981) and the title volume together provide a complete record of her poetry from 1967 to 1984. In “Dreaming Frankenstein” human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central. Attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions are all made immediate through her imagery and acute powers of observation and through her flair as a storyteller.