New Faber Book of Love Poems
New Faber Book of Love Poems
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Organised according to poets, rather than subjects, this edition invites love poetry originating in the English language, from Wyatt. It includes blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics, Broadway songs, and a range of poetic styles from the aristocratic to the popular.
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New Faber Book of Love Poems by James Fenton
Now for the new millennium comes an entirely new edition, personally selected and introduced by James Fenton, a Whitbread-winning poet himself, rightly famed for his own love poetry. Organised according to poets, rather than subjects, the edition celebrates love poetry originating in the English language, from Wyatt to the present day. It includes blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics, Broadway songs, and a full range of poetic styles from the aristocratic to the popular. Eminently readable and engaging, "The New Faber Book of Love Poetry" presents some of the most emotive and memorable lyric poems produced in the English language from the Renaissance to the present day.
James Fenton was born in 1949 and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1970. He has published five collections of poetry.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571218141 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571218148 |
| Title | New Faber Book of Love Poems |
| Author | James Fenton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2006-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |