Description
| Product ID: | 9780571235018 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Poems of Basil Bunting |
| Authors: | Author: Basil Bunting |
| Page Count: | 624 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: poetry & poets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Basil Bunting's work was published haphazardly throughout most of his life, and in many cases he did not oversee publication. He also examines Bunting's use of sources (including Persian literature and classical mythology), and explores the Northumbrian roots of Bunting's poetic vocabulary and use of dialect. Basil Bunting''s work was published haphazardly throughout most of his life, and in many cases he did not oversee publication. This is the first critical edition of the complete poems, and offers an accurate text with variants from all printed sources. Don Share annotates Bunting''s often complex and allusive verse, with much illuminating quotation from his prose writings, interviews and correspondence. He also examines Bunting''s use of sources (including Persian literature and classical mythology), and explores the Northumbrian roots of Bunting''s poetic vocabulary and use of dialect. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-21 |
