Description
| Product ID: | 9780571347131 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Reading Walter de la Mare |
| Authors: | Author: Walter de la Mare, William Wootten |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry & poets, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. This volume presents a new selection of de la Mare’s finest poems, including perennial favourites such as ‘Napoleon’, ‘Fare Well’ and ‘The Listeners’, for a twenty-first-century audience. The poems are accompanied by commentaries by William Wootten, which build up a portrait of de la Mare’s life, loves and friendships with the likes of Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas and Katherine Mansfield. They also point out the fascinating references to literature, folklore and the natural world that embroider the verse. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-17 |
