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Selected Poems Tony Harrison

Selected Poems By Tony Harrison

Selected Poems by Tony Harrison


$15.49
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Summary

A selection of Tony Harrison's poems, which includes sixty-three poems from his sonnet sequence The School of Eloquence and the long poem 'v', a meditation in a vandalized Leeds graveyard, written during the miners' strike, which created such a stir when it was broadcast on television in the late 1980s.

Selected Poems Summary

Selected Poems by Tony Harrison

This generous selection of Tony Harrison's poems includes sixty-three poems from his famous sonnet sequence The School of Eloquence and the remarkable long poem 'v', a meditation in a vandalized Leeds graveyard, written during the miners' strike, which created such a stir when it was broadcast on television in the late 1980s.

About Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937 and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. His collections of poetry include The Loiners, Continuous, v, A Cold Coming, Laureate's Block and most recently Under the Clock - published as a Pocket Penguin for Penguin's 70th birthday in May 2005. Recognized as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC and Channel 4. He is the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Royal Television Society Award, the European Poetry Translation Prize and the Prix Italia.

Additional information

GOR001909396
9780141024431
0141024437
Selected Poems by Tony Harrison
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20060202
256
N/A
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