Out of Danger [Hardcover]

James Fenton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1994

Writing on such subjects as love, danger, and political violence, a respected poet presents his first collection of poems in ten years, offering precise and honest observations, delightful word play, and daring insights.

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The Answer
The Approval
The Ballad Of The Birds
The Ballad Of The Iman And The Shah
The Ballad Of The Shrieking Man
Beauty, Danger, And Dismay
Blood And Leah
Bruisers And Dreamers
Cut-throat Christ
The Exchange
Fireflies Of The Sea
For Andrew Wood
A Foreign Body
Gabriel
The Gene-pool
Here Come The Drum Majorettes!
Hinterhof
I Know What I'm Missing
I Saw A Child
I Saw Emily Dickinson In A Vision And Asked If It Was
I Saw Seven Beautiful Women, The Dreaded Manananggal
I'll Explain
The Ideal
In Paris With You
An Indistinct Inscription Near Kom Mobo
Jerusalem
The Journey
Maski Papaano
The Milkfish Gatherers
The Mistake
On A Recent Indiscretion By A Certain Fulbright Fellow ...
The Orange Dove Of Fiji
Out Of Danger
Out Of The East
Pain Like The Flemish!
A Poem Against Barn Owls
The Poetry Of Pure Fact
The Possibility
Prayer
Serious
Tiananmen
We Despise The Deformed, Uncandid Class-consciousness
What You Need For Poetry Is A Body And A Voice, It
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

The celebrated British poet and literary critic James Fenton has been a foreign correspondent and a theater critic and has also written about the history of gardens.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 104 pages
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374228310
• ISBN-13: 978-0374228316
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,981,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hinterhof, May 25, 2011

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This review is from: Out of Danger: Poems (Paperback)

Bought this book of poems for a hard copy of Hinterhof. My wife and I used it as a reading at our wedding and it was beautiful.

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3.0 out of 5 stars i expected better, August 11, 2004

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This review is from: Out of Danger: Poems (Paperback)

After all the hype, after all the wonderful things I had heard about James Fenton, I was expecting a great collection of poetry when I picked up Out of Danger. Boy was I disappointed. Fenton spent too much time trying to be political or to vague in his writing. There were a couple of bright spots in the collection. The title poem is one of the best he has ever written and there is another poem, "In Paris With You" which isn't a great poem, but it is a charming one that I think you'll find as wonderful as I do.