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Geoffrey Grigson

    March 2, 1905 – November 25, 1985

    Geoffrey Grigson first gained prominence in the 1930s as a poet and later as the influential editor of a poetry magazine. A teacher, journalist, and broadcaster, he became a noted critic and reviewer, particularly for The New York Review of Books. His extensive work encompassed poetry, travel writing, art criticism, and studies of the English countryside and botany. Grigson was also celebrated for his inventive and innovative anthologies, which significantly shaped the literary landscape.

    England
    Country Poems Selected by Geoffrey Grigson
    The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse
    The Faber Book of Love Poems
    The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse
    An English Farmhouse
    • An English Farmhouse

      • 168 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Originally published in 1948, An English Farmhouse is Geoffrey Grigson's careful survey of the old English farmhouse and its associated buildings. Grigson paints a vivid picture of rural life in the preceding centuries, and creates a delicate weave of social history.

      An English Farmhouse
    • The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
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      The English writers in which the author has included (among many anonymous contributions) range from Skelton through Peacock and Lear to Stevie Smith; from Europe come Rabelais, Christian Morgenstern, Hans Arp and Robert Desnos. But, as Mr. Grigson points out, it is inappropriate to be too serious or too solemn about writing which aims to poke fun and give pleasure.

      The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse
    • The Faber Book of Love Poems

      • 410 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Geoffrey Grigson was arguably the century's greatest poetry anthologist - a man whose breadth of reading was equalled only by his infallible taste. To every anthology, Grigson brought his habitual enthusiasm and his flair for the recondite. The Faber Book of Love Poems is no exception - a task undertaken con amore by a well-furnished mind and an experienced heart.

      The Faber Book of Love Poems
    • The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse

      • 454 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      This varied collection of satirical verse contains 232 selections by writers from John Skelton and John Donne to Louis MacNeice and Clive James. Grigson--a well-known poet and critic--has chosen verse by such master satirists as John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Charles Churchill, and Lord Byron, and has included such classics as "Mac Flecknoe" and "Beppo."

      The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse
    • Aphrodite, die Göttin der Lust und der Liebe, hat seit Jahrtausenden die Phantasie der Liebenden, der Dichter und Künstler bewegt. „Hinter ihr, die rasch dahinschritt durch die jungen Ufer, erhoben sich die Blumen und Halme, warm, verwirrt, wie aus Umarmung“ schrieb Rainer Maria Rilke. Der englische Poet Geoffery Grigson hat die Spuren der Göttin verfolgt. Er fand die felsige Küste, wo sie „schaumgeboren“ an Land stieg, und die Anemonen, die sich vom Blut ihres Liebhabers rot färbten. Er besuchte ihre Tempel auf Zypern und ihre Statuen in den Museen Griechenlands, Italiens und der Türkei. Er erzählt, wie die babylonische Ischtar zur schlanken Aphrodite der Griechen und Venus der Römer heranwuchs, wie sie im Mittelalter das Opfer der Intoleranz wurde und in der Renaissance zu neuem Leben erwachte. Er deutet die Symbole und Zeichen, die sie begleiten, und beleuchtet auch die prosaischen Seiten der Göttin, die Organisation ihres Kults und die Rolle der Tempeldienerinnen. Eine ungewöhnliche Biographie voll Geist und Witz, beschwingter Erzählfreude und detektivischem Spürsinn. Illustriert mit großen Zeugnissen der Literatur und der bildenen Kunst, Gedichten und Gemälden, welche die Schönheit der Göttin zeitlos offenbaren.

      Aphrodite