| Alan Ross: Poems Contributor(s): Ross, Alan (Author), Hughes, David (Selected by) |
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ISBN: 1843432242 ISBN-13: 9781843432241 Publisher: Random House UK OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2005 Annotation: Cricket writer, acclaimed biographer, editor of the "London Magazine," and one of the central figures in British literary life for the past four decades, Alan Ross was foremost a poet of high elegance whose work is selected and introduced here by his friend David Hughes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Sports & Recreation | Football |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 289 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cricket writer, independent publisher, and editor of the London Magazine, Alan Ross was foremost a poet of high elegance, whose 60 years of work, from his commission in the Royal Navy in 1941 to his death in 2001, is selected and introduced in these pages by his friend David Hughes. Alan Ross invented a poetic genre that extended well beyond occasional verse--poetry as a brief, intense form of journalism, easy to read, quick to stir response. To convey public and private events, Ross sketches a shorthand of his own. At their chosen level, half documentary, half commentary, his images cast a cumulative light on the kicks and miseries of 20th century war and love. |