Collected Poems by Peter Porter

Collected Poems by Peter Porter

This collection of Peter Porter's work includes the majority of his poems published between 1961 and 1981, which gained him eight Book of the Year awards from the Poetry Book Society and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for 1983. They are grouped chronologically under the titles of his eight books - "Once Bitten, Twice Bitten", "Poems Ancient and Modern", "A Porter Folio", "The Last of England", "Preaching to the Converted", "Living in a Calm Country", "The Cost of Seriousness" and "English Subtitles". In addition, there are some previously uncollected poems, a selection from those which appeared in "Penguin Modern Poets No 2"and his versions from Latin, "After Martial".

Peter Porter was born in Brisbane in 1929. He came to England in 1951 and, apart from short periods as writer-in- residence at English, Scottish, and American Universities, has lived in London ever since. His collections for Oxford poets includes The Automatic Oracle, The Chair of Babel, Collected
Poems, The Cost of Seriousness, Fast Forward, A Porter Selected and Possible Worlds.

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ISBN 13	9780192119650
ISBN 10	0192119656
Title	Collected Poems
Author	Peter Porter
Series	Oxford Poets S
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1984-12-01
Number of pages	352
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