Collected Poems: Norman Nicholson
With its publication by Faber in 1994, this Collected Poems revealed for the first time the true range of Norman Nicholson's output, as well the strength of the Christian element in his writing. All Nicholson's writing drew its nourishment from close observation of the part of Cumbria where he lived, and of which he was the most devoted, accurate and unsentimental describer and chronicler.
In his introduction to this book, Neil Curry - a friend of Nicholson and a poet himself - discusses the nature of Nicholson's 'parochialism' and its paradoxical universality, demonstrating just what was meant when his Times obituarist called him 'the most gifted Christian poet of the century'. More
John Donne: John Carey
John Carey's classic biography of one of the most intricate and compelling of literary personalities - includes the full range of his poetry, sermons and essays. More
Collected Poems: Norman Nicholson
With its publication by Faber in 1994, this Collected Poems revealed for the first time the true range of Norman Nicholson's output, as well the strength of the Christian element ... More
Hoping It Might Be So: Kit Wright
A rewarding collection from an interesting, prolific and lively poet whose poems range from ribald to grief-stricken, elegiac to rambunctious. More
The Poems of J. V. Cunningham: J. V. Cunningham
Described during his lifetime by Thom Gunn as ‘one of the most accomplished poets alive, and one of the few of whom it can be said that he will still ... More
Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other Poems: Federico García Lorca
A. L. Lloyd was nothing if not versatile, ethnomusicologist, journalist, radio and television broadcaster, and translator. It is as the author of Folk Song in England, also reissued in Faber ... More
The Poetry of W. B. Yeats: Louis MacNeice
The poet Louis MacNeice's pioneering critical study of W. B. Yeats was undertaken in 1939, shortly after the death of Yeats, and published early in 1941, in time of war ... More
Goethe's Faust: Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice's translation of Goethe's Faust distills the digressive dimensions of the original - at once a play and an epic poem - into a verse drama for the ear. More
Selected Poems 1933-1993: Gavin Ewart
Wendy Cope's pick for the Guardian's Back Due to Popular Demand feature. Ewart was a 'poet's poet', much admired by the likes of Larkin and Spender. More
Before the Romantics: Geoffrey Grigson
The second in a trio of anthologies by Geoffrey Grigson (The Romantics, Before the Romantics and The Victorians) that are both highly entertaining and provide a fresh approach to the ... More
The Romantics: Geoffrey Grigson
The first in a trio of anthologies by Geoffrey Grigson that are both highly entertaining and provide a fresh approach to the ideas of an age. More
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