This text comprises two collections of Ivor Gurney's poetry. "Best Poems" consists of fair copies of 64 poems. "The Book of Five Makings" is more of a working draft, with recastings of the same poems, revealing the process by which he brought his work to completion. This text contains 52 poems and eight revised versions. Of the 116 poems in these volumes, only 25 are previously collected. Gurney's career began with two small volumes of verse, "Severn and Somme" and "War's Ember's". Then in 1922 he entered an asylum from which only an occasional poem in a magazine emerged, but he did not stop writing. Gurney put volumes of his work together, as John Clare did a century earlier, without hope of publication. The various titles he had in mind, such as "Rewards of Wonder" state his poetic position and represent his own viewpoint.
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This review is from: Best Poems and the Book of Five Makings (Fyfield Books) (Paperback)
Since Ivor Gurney made these precedent songs in considerable isolation, not so much free of contemporary influence as deprived of it, it's a wonder he created such images. Not the easiest book for a person encountering his work for the first time - go to '80 Poems or So' or the Everyman edition for more accessible work. But even the most tortuous verses are rewarding, and such poems as 'Sailor', 'The Room of Two Candles', 'Birds', 'The Unfamiliar Camp', and 'Talking Under the Stars' cannot fail to move the reader. This book got 4 stars instead of 5 only because it is not as approachable to a reader less familiar with Gurney. For those that know his work, 'Best Poems' IS a must to own, and extremely fascinating.
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