2006, ISBN: 9780224079273

Longley's poetry combines intense concentration with remarkable variety. Longley's genres span love poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, elegies, satires, verse epistles, poems that reflect… Mehr…

Longley's poetry combines intense concentration with remarkable variety. Longley's genres span love poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, elegies, satires, verse epistles, poems that reflect on art and the art of poetry. Signed dedication; Collected Poems; Michael Longley; Jonathan Cape; 2006Book in very good condition; Signed with dedication; Check the pictures.Michael Longley has been called 'one of the finest lyric poets of our time'. In assembling the work of forty years, his Collected Poems displays a brilliantly sustained achievement, whose depth, beauty and wit can now be fully appreciated. Longley's poetry combines intense concentration with remarkable variety. The formal and thematic range laid down in No Continuing City (1969) has undergone a series of rich metamorphoses up to Snow Water (2004), and the two new poems included here as an epilogue.Longley's genres span love poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, elegies, satires, verse epistles, poems that reflect on art and the art of poetry. He has extended the capacity of the lyric to absorb dark matter: the Great War, the Holocaust, the Northern Irish 'Troubles'. His poetic landscape intermingles Belfast (where he lives), western Ireland, Italy, Japan and Homeric Greece. Longley's superb translations from classical poets (such as 'Ceasefire', which greets the IRA ceasefire in terms of the Iliad) speak to contemporary issues.Express UPS Shipping in Europe with Tracking Code. The book will not:- Take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive in average 3 business days from dispatching (in normal situations)- Be stolen which happens to untraceable packages, but you can check the status of the delivery in each stepFor EU buyers, the books will be shipped from Italy and not from the UK, which means that when the book arrives:- you don't need to pay custom clearance charges, additional VAT and duty tax - you will not have delivery delays due to duty custom documentation checks. For Extra-EU countries the delivery time will vary depending on the country and the shipping will be 15 euros (for a normal size book) and 20 euros (for large book or a set of books).Feel free to contact us for any questions!, Sehr gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Autore: Michael Longley, Titolo del libro: Collected Poems, Editore: Jonathan Cape, Lingua: Inglese, Formato: Copertina rigida, [PU: Jonathan Cape]<

2006, ISBN: 0224079271

[EAN: 9780224079273], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], MICHAEL LONGLEY COLLECTED POEMS, Michael Longley has been called 'one of the finest … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780224079273], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], MICHAEL LONGLEY COLLECTED POEMS, Michael Longley has been called 'one of the finest lyric poets of our time'. In assembling the work of forty years, his Collected Poems displays a brilliantly sustained achievement, whose depth, beauty and wit can now be fully appreciated. Longley's poetry combines intense concentration with remarkable variety. The formal and thematic range laid down in No Continuing City (1969) has undergone a series of rich metamorphoses up to Snow Water (2004), and the two new poems included here as an epilogue. Longley's genres span love poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, elegies, satires, verse epistles, poems that reflect on art and the art of poetry. He has extended the capacity of the lyric to absorb dark matter: the Great War, the Holocaust, the Northern Irish 'Troubles'. His poetic landscape intermingles Belfast (where he lives), western Ireland, Italy, Japan and Homeric Greece. Longley's superb translations from classical poets (such as 'Ceasefire', which greets the IRA ceasefire in terms of the Iliad) speak to contemporary issues. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2006, ISBN: 0224079271

[EAN: 9780224079273], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Jonathan Cape], A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Us… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780224079273], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Jonathan Cape], A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting., Books<