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The Autumn-Born in Autumn: Selected Poems
Matthew Mead
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Description for The Autumn-Born in Autumn: Selected Poems
Paperback. Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. Over the years he has published five collections of poetry. This work analyses the special and uncommon qualities of Mead's poetry, concluding 'His tone is unmistakable, and once encountered it is never forgotten'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. By then he had, as Peter Riley noted, 'located a sense of poetry for which he drew widely from Anglo-American writing, avoiding any programmes of allegiance.' Over the years he has published five collections of poetry. As he once wrote, 'I have tried not to avoid what has happened in poetry and psycho-politics during this [20th] century. 'In his essay which is appended to this collection, Dick Davis analyses the special and uncommon qualities of Mead's poetry, concluding 'His tone is unmistakable, and once encountered it is never forgotten.'
Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. By then he had, as Peter Riley noted, 'located a sense of poetry for which he drew widely from Anglo-American writing, avoiding any programmes of allegiance.' Over the years he has published five collections of poetry. As he once wrote, 'I have tried not to avoid what has happened in poetry and psycho-politics during this [20th] century. 'In his essay which is appended to this collection, Dick Davis analyses the special and uncommon qualities of Mead's poetry, concluding 'His tone is unmistakable, and once encountered it is never forgotten.'
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856464003
SKU
V9780856464003
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About Matthew Mead
Matthew Mead was born in Buckinghamshire in 1924. He served in the British Army from 1942 to 1947 and since 1962 he has lived in Germany. 'Word for Word' (Anvil, 2008) is a selection of the German poetry translations he has made with his wife Ruth, including such poets as Horst Bienek, Johannes Bobrowski and Heinz Winfried Sabais.
Reviews for The Autumn-Born in Autumn: Selected Poems
'Mead combines in a unique way the tradition of experimental form and European political themes. His voice is original and genuine and his poems speak soberly of the essential things of our time.' - Christopher Middleton (1967)'If people think they know a richer, more judicious and more generous poetry than [Matthew Mead's] in his generation, I'd be very interested to ... Read more