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Undertones of War
Av Edmund Blunden, John Greening
E-bok, 2015
750 kr
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Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) was one of the youngest of the war poets, enlisting straight from school to find himself in some of the Western Front''s most notorious hot-spots. His prose memoir, written in a rich, allusive vein, full of anecdote and human interest, is unique for its quiet authority …
Undertones of War
Av Edmund Blunden, John Greening
E-bok, 2015
734 kr
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Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) was one of the youngest of the war poets, enlisting straight from school to find himself in some of the Western Front''s most notorious hot-spots. His prose memoir, written in a rich, allusive vein, full of anecdote and human interest, is unique for its quiet authority …
Undertones of War
Av Edmund Blunden, John Greening
Inbunden, 2015
883 kr
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Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) was one of the youngest of the war poets, enlisting straight from school to find himself in some of the Western Front's most notorious hot-spots. His prose memoir, written in a rich, allusive vein, full of anecdote and human interest, is unique for its quiet authority and …
Interpretation of Owls
Selected Poems, 1977–2022
Av John Greening, Kevin J. Gardner
Inbunden, 2023
315 kr
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The Interpretation of Owls is a representative selection of one of the UK's most prolific and respected poets. Edited by Kevin Gardner in consultation with John Greening himself, this first American collection showcases highlights of a remarkable forty-year poetic journey, displaying extraordinary …
Not My Best Side
Selected Poems
Av U. A. Fanthorpe, John Greening
Häftad, 2024
234 kr
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The English poet U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009) liked to call herself "a middle-aged drop-out," having abandoned a successful teaching career to focus on her poetry, even concealing her Oxford degree so she could find paid work—at Hoover, then as a hospital receptionist. This gave her a chance to …
Crowning
Häftad, 2026
234 kr
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As the title suggests, Crowning, by British poet John Greening, represents the culmination of a life's work that includes more than twenty full collections. These new poems (following his 2023 Baylor Selected, The Interpretation of Owls, edited by Kevin J. Gardner), are sometimes free, sometimes …
Accompanied Voices
Poets on Composers: From Thomas Tallis to Arvo Pärt
Inbunden, 2015
291 kr
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Accompanied Voices is a unique book: not only is it a highly readable anthology of some of the most memorable and accessible international writing about classical music, but also a moving commentary by one set of practisingartists on the work of another.Accompanied Voices is a unique book: not only …
Deer on the High Hills
Selected Poems
Av Iain Crichton Smith, John Greening
Häftad, 2021
190 kr
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Growing up on the Isle of Lewis, Iain Crichton Smith spoke only Gaelic until he was five. But at school in Bayble and then Stornoway, everything had to be in English. Like many islanders before and since, his culture is divided: two languages, two histories entailing exile, a central theme of his …
Contraflow
An Anthology: Lines of Englishness 1922–2022
Av John Greening, Kevin Gardner
Häftad, 2023
219 kr
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Poets have grappled with the vexed question of what constitutes Englishness since time immemorial, and the poetry of the past century has seen perhaps some of the biggest evolutions in national identity.Contraflow takes a completely new approach to the subject of Englishness, and in this …
From the East
Sixty Huntingdonshire Codices
Häftad, 2024
149 kr
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In over twenty poetry collections since 1982, John Greening has explored subjects as varied as Egypt, Captain Scott, WWI, classical music, Ben Jonson and Heathrow airport, but he has kept returning to the landscape of a quintessentially English (and technically non-existent) county. His …
True to One Another
Poems by Matthew Arnold Including Dover Beach, The Scholar-Gipsy, Rugby Chapel, The Forsaken Merman, Sohrab and Rustum
Av Matthew Arnold, John Greening
Häftad, 2025
131 kr
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Best known today for his critical pronouncements, Matthew Arnold has still not received his due as a wonderfully moving poet, and only one of his poems, ‘Dover Beach’, is remembered by most – although it’s a strong candidate for the nation’s favourite. John Greening’s personal selection invites us …
High Calling
Or, Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?
Häftad, 2025
202 kr
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Sharing what he’s learnt during half a century’s creative work, John Greening gives us an insight into the life of a poet, playwright, editor, reviewer, teacher and performer. Eminently readable, amusing and informative, A High Calling is a rich resource for anyone with an interest in good writing. …
Hollow Palaces
An Anthology of Modern Country House Poems
Av Kevin Gardner, John Greening
Häftad, 2023
666 kr
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The ‘country house poem’ was born in the seventeenth century as a fruitful way of flattering potential patrons. But the genre’s popularity faded – ironically, just as ‘country house society’ was emerging. It was only when the power and influence of the landed classes had all but ebbed away that …
To the War Poets
Häftad, 2013
287 kr
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In To the War Poets John Greening sends dispatches across the decades. In a sequence of verse letters he addresses the poets of the First World War directly, making connections yet always aware of distance: ‘No larks, / just the passing of traffic.’ Greening explores ‘Englishness’, but also, in his …
