| The Tenth Muse Contributor(s): Astbury, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857548361 ISBN-13: 9781857548365 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2005 Annotation: In this illuminating anthology of British poets, verses from some of the biggest names of the 20th century have been selected by people uncommonly familiar with their lives and work: their families. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters were called on to choose works by the poets--George Barker, Thomas Blackburn, Lawrence Durrell, David Gascoyne, W.S. Graham, Robert Graves, Harold Pinter, Anne Ridler, C.H. Sisson, Elizabeth Smart, Dylan Thomas, Edward Thomas, and David Wright. Offering the close personal insight that only families have into the lives of their well-known loved ones, this volume presents a side of 13 famous poets that few people ever get to see. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 821.910 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.16" W x 8.9" (1.02 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Tenth Muse gathers together the selections of work of well known poets made by members of their family. These selections originally appeared in pamphlets produced by the Greville Press, and have been gathered together here for the first time. The following is a list of some of the poets and their selectors: Blackburn * David Gascoyne selected by Judy Gascoyne * W.S. Graham selected by Nessie Dunsmuir * Robert Graves selected by Beryl Graves * Harold Pinter selected by Antonia Fraser * Ann Ridler selected by Vivian Ridler * C.H. Sisson selected by Nora Sisson * Elizabeth Smart selected by Sebastian Barker * Edward Thomas selected by Myfanwy Thomas * David Wright selected by Oonagh Swift |