Selected Poems

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965. Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist , his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999). Stepping Stones , a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain , his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI was published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim, followed in 2018 by 100 Poems , a selection of poems from his entire career, chosen by his family. Klappentext An ideal introduction to the work of one of the defining figures of the 20th century, containing 'The Waste Land' and 'The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock', issued into the launch list of "Faber Modern Classics", featuring an introductory essay by Seamus Heaney. Zusammenfassung Eliot - editor, poet, critic and publisher - was the greatest poet of his generation. Voted as Britain's favourite poet in a 2009 BBC poll, Eliot selected and designed this collection himself in 1954 as an introduction to his work for new readers. Containing 'The Waste Land' and 'The Love Song of J.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: T S Eliot, T. S. Eliot, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
• Con la collaborazione di: Seamus Heaney (Introduzione), Heaney Seamus (Introduzione)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780571322770
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32277-0
• Pagine: 114
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 196 mm x 11 mm
• Serie: Red Shed; Faber Modern Classics; Faber Modern Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets