The Mundiad
The Mundiad is a mock epic poem in heroic couplets.
Modelled on classical epics such as Virgil's Aeneid, Milton's Paradise Lost and Pope's Rape of the Lock, yet set in modern times, the poem celebrates the detritus of everyday life: Kylie, pornography, new ageism, genetic engineering, IVF, screen culture and much more besides.
Reviving the ancient poetic ambition to speak differently about the things of this world, The Mundiad is startlingly original - and very, very weird.
Justin Clemens gained his PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on psychoanalysis, contemporary European philosophy, and literature. Recent books include The Mundiad and, with Dom Pettman, Avoiding the Subject (Amsterdam UP 2004). He is co-recipient of a large ARC grant with Russell Grigg on "Psychoanalysis and Science." He is currently Secretary of the Lacan Circle of Melbourne, and art critic for the Australian magazine The Monthly.
Play video
