Anthony Thwaite is an English poet and writer whose work is marked by keen observation and subtle language. His writing often draws from personal experience and reflection, focusing on universal human emotions and relationships. Thwaite gained recognition for his editorial work and role as a literary executor, carefully shaping the accessibility of other significant authors' works for a wider audience. His own compositions reflect a deep engagement with poetry and literary tradition.
Now that he is eighty-four, Anthony Thwaite says that Going Out is likely to be the last book of poems he publishes in his lifetime, and that the title is apt. The poems range over times and places, commemorating friends (especially the poet Peter Porter), and draw on memories, hard-won faith, self- questioning.
A collection of verse that contains poetry from the earliest, primitive period, through the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods, ending with modern poetry from 1868 onwards.
Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent - is dying. She decides to write a history of the world. As the memories crowd in, Claudia re-creates the richly patterned mosaic of her life and times
Since its publication in 1988, Philip Larkin's Collected Poems has become essential reading on any poetry bookshelf. This new edition returns to Larkin's own deliberate ordering of his poems, presenting, in their original sequence, his four published books: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. It also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years - some of which might have appeared in a late book, if he had lived. Preserving everything that he published in his lifetime, this new Collected Poems returns the reader to the book Larkin might have intended.
The book, first published in 1996, explores significant themes and concepts relevant to its field. It is published by Routledge, a well-known imprint of Taylor & Francis, which specializes in academic literature. The content is designed to provide in-depth analysis and insights, making it a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals.
One of Americas best loved poets, Longfellow drew on his own experience of domestic tragedy to produce some of the most moving and honest poems ever written.
Spanning forty-five years in the poet's life and encompassing more than seven hundred letters, this collection of Larkin's writings includes his correspondence with Kingsley Amis, Barbara Pym, Robert Conquest, his editors, and many others.