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The Finders of London
Anna Robinson
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Description for The Finders of London
paperback. A collection of poems, set in and around the centre of London that depict a capital both familiar and alien, peopled with figures contemporary and historical: from the residents of present-day Lambeth, to the victims of Jack the Ripper, and to those whose spirits are still embedded in the reflections of a plate-glass office window. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Anna Robinson's first full collection, "The Finders of London", introduces a compelling new voice in poetry. Her poems, set in and around the centre of London, depict a capital both familiar and alien, peopled with figures contemporary and historical: from the residents of present-day Lambeth, to the victims of Jack the Ripper, and to those whose spirits are still embedded in the reflections of a plate-glass office window, in the earth beneath the author's feet, or in the flotsam washed up on the Thames beach. It's these working-class voices that lend strength to Robinson's own, and with it she mythologizes, ... Read more
Anna Robinson's first full collection, "The Finders of London", introduces a compelling new voice in poetry. Her poems, set in and around the centre of London, depict a capital both familiar and alien, peopled with figures contemporary and historical: from the residents of present-day Lambeth, to the victims of Jack the Ripper, and to those whose spirits are still embedded in the reflections of a plate-glass office window, in the earth beneath the author's feet, or in the flotsam washed up on the Thames beach. It's these working-class voices that lend strength to Robinson's own, and with it she mythologizes, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904634942
SKU
V9781904634942
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99-50
About Anna Robinson
Anna Robinson was born and lives in London. She has an MA in Public History from Ruskin College, Oxford. Her pamphlet, Songs from the flats, was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. She was the first recipient of The Poetry School Scholarship and her poetry was featured in the School's second anthology, Entering the Tapestry, (Enitharmon 2003). Her work has ... Read more
Reviews for The Finders of London
Robinson's poetry achieves perfectly the public world lodged in the lyricalA" (Wayne Burrows, Poetry London)