Poems on the underground / edited by Gerard Benson, Judith Chernaik, Cicely Herbert.
Publisher: UK : Penguin Books, 2015Edition: [New] editionDescription: xxvii, 302 pages ; 11 x 16 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0019184407ISBN: 9780141389547 (pbk.) :Subject(s): English poetry | Literature
| Poetry | Poetry anthologies (various poets) | London, Greater LondonDDC classification: 821.008 LOC classification: PR1175Summary: 'Poems on the Underground' has long been established as the most exciting and influential anthology published in the last 25 years. What makes it so remarkable is the unpredictable effect achieved by the juxtaposition of different styles of verse. After nearly thirty years and almost 500 poems, Poems on the Underground has become a familiar and welcome sight on London's Tube, paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry, and to those who have contributed to its richness and diversity. In this beautiful paperback edition, poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, family, dreams, war, music and nature, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, D. H. Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope and John Clare, among many others.
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| 821 BLA Marriage of heaven and hell | 821 BRO Poetical works of Rupert Brook | 821 SHA MOR Poems reprint of the Kelmscott press ed | 821.008 CHE Poems on the underground / | 821.08 GAR Metaphysical poets | 821.08 HOL Blueprint for life / | 821.08 PEN Gvin Ewart Zulfikar Ghose B.S Johnson |
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After nearly thirty years and almost 500 poems, Poems on the Underground has become a familiar and welcome sight on London's Tube, paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry, and to those who have contributed to its richness and diversity. In this beautiful paperback edition, poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, family, dreams, war, music and nature, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, D. H. Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope and John Clare, among many others.
This edition originally published: London: Particular, 2012.
Includes index.
'Poems on the Underground' has long been established as the most exciting and influential anthology published in the last 25 years. What makes it so remarkable is the unpredictable effect achieved by the juxtaposition of different styles of verse. After nearly thirty years and almost 500 poems, Poems on the Underground has become a familiar and welcome sight on London's Tube, paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry, and to those who have contributed to its richness and diversity. In this beautiful paperback edition, poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, family, dreams, war, music and nature, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, D. H. Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope and John Clare, among many others.
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