Light Unlocked by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Light Unlocked by Kevin Crossley-Holland

An anthology of Christmas card poems.

'one of the most delightful anthologies to be published in yearsIt's beautifully illustrated and the poems...echo...with charm and sheer joy'Sir Trevor McDonald

Kevin Crossley-Holland's deep interest in the early literature of north-west Europe is reflected in much of his writing. In addition to his Selected Poems and Moored Man, a cycle of North Norfolk poems with watercolours and etchings by Norman Ackroyd, he is the author of The Penguin Book of Norse Myths ,while his anthology The Anglo-Saxon World contains his well-known translations ofBeowulf and many of the shorter poems. His celebrated books for children, including the Arthur trilogy, Gatty's Tale and retelling of Beowulf illustrated by Charles Keeping, have been translated into well over twenty languages. With the poet Lawrence Sail, Crossley-Holland has edited a collection of modern metaphorical riddles,The New Exeter Book of Riddles ,and Light Unlocked, an anthology of Christmas Card poems. He is also the co-author with Ivan Cutting of The Wuffings, a play about Anglo-Saxon East Anglia, and the librettist for Nicola LeFanu of two operas based on medieval legends, The Green Children and The Wildman. Kevin Crossley-Holland is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, patron of the Society for Storytelling and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives on the North Norfolk coastLight Unlocked is illustrated by John Lawrence, one of the country's best loved and most distinguished artists.

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ISBN 13	9781904634188
ISBN 10	1904634184
Titel	Light Unlocked
Autor	Kevin Crossley-Holland
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Enitharmon Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-10-03
Seitenanzahl	72
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.