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Beschreibung

Poems of London brings together a remarkably wide range of poems inspired by the storied city, from its teeming medieval streets to the multicultural metropolis it is today.
The pantheon of classic English poets, from Shakespeare and Donne to Wordsworth and Blake to T. S. Eliot and Ted Hughes, provide their views of London alongside tributes by notable visitors including Arthur Rimbaud, Samuel Beckett, and Sylvia Plath. Here, too, are poetic contributions by an array of immigrants and the children of immigrants, including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Fleur Adcock, Patience Agbabi, and Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo. All the famous sights of London, from the Thames to the Tower, are touched on in this vibrant collection, and denizens of its busy streets, ranging from princes to pub-goers to pickpockets, wander through these pages. The result is an enthralling portrait of an endlessly varied and fascinating place.

Poems of London brings together a remarkably wide range of poems inspired by the storied city, from its teeming medieval streets to the multicultural metropolis it is today.
The pantheon of classic English poets, from Shakespeare and Donne to Wordsworth and Blake to T. S. Eliot and Ted Hughes, provide their views of London alongside tributes by notable visitors including Arthur Rimbaud, Samuel Beckett, and Sylvia Plath. Here, too, are poetic contributions by an array of immigrants and the children of immigrants, including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Fleur Adcock, Patience Agbabi, and Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo. All the famous sights of London, from the Thames to the Tower, are touched on in this vibrant collection, and denizens of its busy streets, ranging from princes to pub-goers to pickpockets, wander through these pages. The result is an enthralling portrait of an endlessly varied and fascinating place.

Über den Autor

JOYCE CARY (1888-1957) was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in
London. He studied art in Edinburgh and in Paris before studying law at Oxford
University. He joined the Nigerian political service in 1913, fighting in the Nigeria Regiment during the First World War, before returning to live in Oxford in 1920. A poet, essayist, and short story writer, Cary is best known for his novels Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth.

INTRODUCER BIOGRAPHY
CHRISTOPHER REID is the former poetry editor at Faber & Faber and the author of many books of poems, including A Scattering (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award) and The Song of Lunch (which was the basis of a film starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson).

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781841598246
ISBN-10: 1841598240
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 765037
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Various
Redaktion: Reid, Christopher
Hersteller: Everyman
Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 161 x 111 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Reid
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,252 kg
Artikel-ID: 120342636