Summary
Part of a major relaunch of Penguin’s contemporary poetry, Hill’s Selected is published alongside Derek Mahon, Sophie Hannah and Linton Kwesi Johnson, and follows February’s Selecteds by Roger McGough, Tony Harrison, Carol Ann Duffy and James Fenton.
The first Selected from ‘England’s most important living poet’ - The Times
‘Hill so entirely eclipses most of his contemporaries that it seems meaningless to rank in relation to them. Trumpets s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141025001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014102500X |
| Author: | Geoffrey Hill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 127mm x 198mm |
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England’s most important living poet
England’s most important living poet * Times *
Hill so entirely eclipses most of his contemporaries that it seems meaningless to rank in relation to them. Trumpets should be blown, garlands made … loquacious, playful, wildly comic … poignant. His greatness is as certain as that of the poets he invokes * Daily Telegraph *
Whatever the densities of Hill’s expression, or the powerful impacted forces in his syntax and rhythms, this poetry achieves a strength, memorability and precision beyond the abilities of any other poet writing in English * TLS *
Geoffrey Hill
Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1932, Geoffrey Hill is the author of three books of criticism and eleven books of poetry, including The Triumph of Love, co-winner of the Heinemann Award. His Collected Poems, Canaan, The Triumph of Love, Speech! Speech!, The Orchards of Syon, Scenes from Comus and Without Title are all published by Penguin. Hill currently lives and teaches in Massachusetts, where he is Professor of Literature and Religion at Boston University. He is also Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford; Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; and since 1996 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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