The H.P. Lovecraft Christmas Book [Paperback]

H. P. Lovecraft (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0940884224 | ISBN-13: 978-0940884229 | Publication Date: October 1984

This second edition of his "selected poems" contains 13 additional poems, including ten new sonnets for "The School of Eloquence" and his remarkable long poem "V".

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

At last Americans may read one of England's foremost contemporary poets. Harrison's work derives its power from the conflict between his working class roots and classical education. His style is distinguished by a penchant for rhyme that at its best is dazzling but at time merely facile. His early work features globe-trotting travelog and flamboyant satyriasis; his in-progress sonnet-cycle, "From the School of Eloquence," is more substantial. In it he pays tribute to English working class history and his own upbringing, producing several elegiac pieces for his mother and father that form the most mature, serious, and persuasive segment of his work: "I believe life ends with death, and that is all./ You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,/ in my new black leather phone book there's your name/ and the disconnected number I still call." Highly recommended. Frank J. Lepkowski, Oakland Univ., Rochester, Mich.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937 and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. His collections of poetry include The Loiners, Continuous, v, A Cold Coming, Laureate's Block and most recently Under the Clock - published as a Pocket Penguin for Penguin's 70th birthday in May 2005. Recognized as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC and Channel 4. He is the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Royal Television Society Award, the European Poetry Translation Prize and the Prix Italia. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Necronomicon Press (October 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940884224
• ISBN-13: 978-0940884229
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,629,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tony Harrison: A Modern British Poet, June 16, 2000

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This review is from: Tony Harrison: Selected Poems (Penguin Poets) (Paperback)

This collection of the work of Tony Harrison I found to be excellent. His accounts of his working-class background in Leeds, and his struggle to reconcile the conflicting worlds of his background and his present status as an acclaimed poet, constitutes the bulk of his work. He has a modern tone to his voice which speaks of universal themes of breaking away from one's past.