Life Saving - Why We Need Poetry - Introductions to Great Poets

Informationen zum Autor Josephine Hart (1942-2011) was the bestselling author of Damage , Sin , Oblivion and The Reconstructionist . She was a Director of Haymarket Publishing and founded Gallery Poets before going on to produce a number of West End plays. As well writing novels, she was a `poetry evangelist' and her Josephine Hart Poetry Hour at the British Library inspired two edited poetry books: Catching Life By the Throat and Words that Burn . She was married to Maurice Saatchi and had two sons. Klappentext `Poetry. This trinity of sound, sense and sensibility never let me down, it expressed what I believed inexpressible; provided me with a route map through life' A wonderful selection of introductions from Josephine Hart's Poetry Hour. It takes us on a journey of the imagination and teaches us why poetry matters Zusammenfassung A wonderful selection of introductions from Josephine Hart's Poetry Hour. It takes us on a journey of the imagination and teaches us why poetry matters

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Hart, Hart Josephine
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9781844088713
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-871-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 137 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets