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To the War Poets
John Greening
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Description for To the War Poets
Paperback. A powerful sequence of verse letters 'from now to no-man's land', directly addressing the poets of the First World War, by a poet, critic and teacher. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
In To the War Poets John Greening sends dispatches across the decades. In a sequence of verse letters he addresses the poets of the First World War directly, making connections yet always aware of distance: 'No larks, / just the passing of traffic.' Greening explores 'Englishness', but also, in his translations from German poets, goes beyond it. From the discovery of the Sutton Hoo burial in 1939 to the security forces' shut-down of Heathrow airport in 2006, the presence or threat of conflict underlies Greening's precise, unsentimental writing.
In To the War Poets John Greening sends dispatches across the decades. In a sequence of verse letters he addresses the poets of the First World War directly, making connections yet always aware of distance: 'No larks, / just the passing of traffic.' Greening explores 'Englishness', but also, in his translations from German poets, goes beyond it. From the discovery of the Sutton Hoo burial in 1939 to the security forces' shut-down of Heathrow airport in 2006, the presence or threat of conflict underlies Greening's precise, unsentimental writing.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
86
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906188085
SKU
V9781906188085
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99-40
Reviews for To the War Poets
'"So to conclude calamity in rest." In his powerful new collection, John Greening opens lines of communication with poets of the Great War, bridging a century with heart-work of immediacy, economy and humanity.'
Penelope Shuttle 'Delightfully alert to connections and intersections, to historical ironies... [Greening is] a serious (but never excessively solemn) poet, who cares about both 'facts' and ... Read more
Penelope Shuttle 'Delightfully alert to connections and intersections, to historical ironies... [Greening is] a serious (but never excessively solemn) poet, who cares about both 'facts' and ... Read more