Views and Distances by Vernon Scannell
Views and Distances is Vernon Scannell's first collection of poems to be published since The Black and White Days in 1996. Although he is one of our most senior poets, this volume shows no diminution in the wit, technical skill and sheer imaginative and emotional range that characterise his work. In his new book there are poems that celebrate the durability of love in its various manifestations and others that revel in the lucid possibilities of language. A number of classical forms are employed, including the sonnet, villanelle and sestina, but Scannell always maintains an easy colloquial voice, even in the most eloquent and lyrical pieces.
Vernon Scannell was born in 1922, served in the Gordon Highlanders in World War Two and was a professional boxer and a teacher before becoming a full-time writer in the 1960s. He has published novels, criticism, four autobiographical prose books and over a dozen books of poetry. He has received the Heinemann Award, the Cholmondeley Poetry Prize and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781900564250 |
| ISBN 10 | 1900564254 |
| Title | Views and Distances |
| Author | Vernon Scannell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Enitharmon Press |
| Year published | 2000-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
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