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Field of Large Desires
Anthony . Ed(S): Astbury
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Description for Field of Large Desires
Paperback. An anthology of poetry. Editor(s): Astbury, Anthony. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Launched in 1979 by Anthony Astbury and Geoffrey Godbert, with the support of Harold Pinter, the Greville Press has quietly established itself as indispensable to those who love poetry. Its pamphlets have built a reputation for discoveries of the new and recoveries of the neglected; for championing translations of great world poets and delighting in the classics of English literature - above all, for their manifest enthusiasm for the enriching pleasures of poetry in all its variety. "A Field of Large Desires" offers a sampler of poems that have been published by the Greville Press: it is both a treasure ... Read more
Launched in 1979 by Anthony Astbury and Geoffrey Godbert, with the support of Harold Pinter, the Greville Press has quietly established itself as indispensable to those who love poetry. Its pamphlets have built a reputation for discoveries of the new and recoveries of the neglected; for championing translations of great world poets and delighting in the classics of English literature - above all, for their manifest enthusiasm for the enriching pleasures of poetry in all its variety. "A Field of Large Desires" offers a sampler of poems that have been published by the Greville Press: it is both a treasure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847770509
SKU
V9781847770509
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99-14
About Anthony . Ed(S): Astbury
Anthony Astbury is the Director of the Greville Press, which he founded in 1975. He has published three collections of verse, edited anthologies and made selections from various poets.
Reviews for Field of Large Desires
That the Greville Press should simultaneously publish a first collection by Kate Ellis, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl from Derby, and the first translations of the poems of Arseny Tarkovsky, father of the filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky, is typical of the small firm's exhilarating eclecticism. - The Independent