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Selected Poems
Geoffrey Hill
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Dealing with the densities of the poets expression, and the forces in his syntax and rhythms, this poetry aims to achieve a strength, memorability and precision beyond the abilities of any other poet writing in English. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
This first selection of Geoffrey Hill's poetry charts the evolution of a complex, uncompromising, visionary body of work over fifty years. It includes poems from Hill's astonishing debut, For the Unfallen, through the verset-sequence Mercian Hymns, to acclaimed recent work, including The Orchards of Syon and Without Title.
This first selection of Geoffrey Hill's poetry charts the evolution of a complex, uncompromising, visionary body of work over fifty years. It includes poems from Hill's astonishing debut, For the Unfallen, through the verset-sequence Mercian Hymns, to acclaimed recent work, including The Orchards of Syon and Without Title.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141025001
SKU
V9780141025001
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About Geoffrey Hill
Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1932, Geoffrey Hill is the author of three books of criticism and eleven books of poetry, including The Triumph of Love, co-winner of the Heinemann Award. His Collected Poems, Canaan, The Triumph of Love, Speech! Speech!, The Orchards of Syon, Scenes from Comus and Without Title are all published by Penguin. Hill currently lives and ... Read more
Reviews for Selected Poems
England's most important living poet
Times
Hill so entirely eclipses most of his contemporaries that it seems meaningless to rank in relation to them. Trumpets should be blown, garlands made ... loquacious, playful, wildly comic ... poignant. His greatness is as certain as that of the poets he invokes
Daily Telegraph
Whatever the densities of Hill's ... Read more
Times
Hill so entirely eclipses most of his contemporaries that it seems meaningless to rank in relation to them. Trumpets should be blown, garlands made ... loquacious, playful, wildly comic ... poignant. His greatness is as certain as that of the poets he invokes
Daily Telegraph
Whatever the densities of Hill's ... Read more