Breakage by Glyn Maxwell
Glyn Maxwell's collection moves from the South Pole, and from the Amazon to the Somme, to reflect on love, fatherhood and the passing of time. Running through the book, and expressed with the stylistic bravura which has caused his work to be compared with Auden's, is a deep concern for England, past and present. This theme culminates in a series of verse letters to the poet Edward Thomas, killed in the First World War. The Breakage marks a significant step in a wholly distinctive and unpredicable career.In 1997, Glyn Maxwell received the E. M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Glyn Maxwell (born 1962) is an English poet, screenwriter, playright and librettist. He has published nine collections of poetry and has won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Prize and the Somerset Maugham Prize. His 2008 collection Hide Now was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Forward poetry prizes. His second collaboration with the composer Elena Langer, the opera The Lion's Face, premiered in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571193370 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571193374 |
| Title | Breakage |
| Author | Glyn Maxwell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1998-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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