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New Collected Poems
W. S. Graham
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Description for New Collected Poems
paperback. From his first publications in the early 1940s, to his final works of the late 1970s, W. S. Graham has given us a poetry of intense power and inquisitive vision - a body of work regarded by many as among the best Romantic poetry of the twentieth century. Graham died in 1986 with much of his work gathered in Collected Poems 1942-1977. Editor(s): Francis, Matthew. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 462.
'I first read a W. S. Graham poem in 1949. It sent a shiver down my spine. Forty-five years later nothing has changed. His song is unique and his work an inspiration.' Harold Pinter.
From his first publications in the early 1940s, to his final works of the late 1970s, W. S. Graham has given us a poetry of intense power and inquisitive vision - a body of work regarded by many as among the best Romantic poetry of the twentieth century. This New Collected Poems, edited by poet and Graham-scholar Matthew Francis and with a foreword ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571209897
SKU
9780571209897
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About W. S. Graham
William Sydney Graham (1918-1986) was born in Greenock, Scotland, and trained as an engineer. He settled in west Cornwall where a growing colony of experimental artists came to respect the determination and acute self-criticism with which he pursued his poetry. He is now widely viewed as one of the key UK poets of the late twentieth century. His main collections ... Read more
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