Skywriting - And Other Poems

Informationen zum Autor Charles Tomlinson was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, read English at Queen's College, Cambridge, and is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, literary essays, and admired translations, and editor of the important and acclaimed Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation. Mr. Tomlinson has received the Bennett Award from the Hudson Review for his achievement in poetry. He has also had shows in the United Kingdom of his paintings and drawings. He lives in England. Klappentext Winner of the third annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, Skywriting and Other Poems is a triumphant book. "A master of the craft....Tomlinson's poems have the finality of form which you find only among the first-rate." Donald Hall. "Tomlinson's poetry gives a refreshing rustle or seething to the words which bespeak the entrance of a new life." William Carlos Williams. Whether his subject is a temple in Japan, the landscapes of his native England, or the "lithe iambics" of two runners on a beach in Italy, Charles Tomlinson's perception is everywhere evident.

Product details

• Authors: Collectif, Charles Tomlinson
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2003
• EAN: 9781566635417
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-541-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: New Criterion Series; New Criterion; New Criterion; New Criterion Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies