The Mersey Sound
Restored 50th Anniversary Edition
$21.55
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2017
Summary
Restored for its 50th year, the anthology that brought poetry down from the shelf and onto the street
Since its first publication in 1967 as Penguin Modern Poets no. 10, The Mersey Sound has become an icon of British poetry. Gathering the early, enormously influential work of Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets), it went on to sell over half a million copies and to become the bestselling poetry anthology of all time. In the course of subsequent e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141189260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141189266 |
| Author: | Brian Patten, Adrian Henri, Roger McGough |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Brian Patten
Roger McGough was a member of the group Scaffold in the 1960s when he contributed poems to the Penguin title The Mersey Sound, which has since sold over a million copies and is now available as a Penguin Classic. He has published many books of poems for children and adults, and both his Collected Poems (2004) and Selected Poems (2006) are also available in Penguin. He presents Poetry Please on Radio 4 and is President of the Poetry Society. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001 and with a CBE in 2005 for services to literature.
Brian Patten was born in Liverpool. His poetry for adults has been translated into many languages, and his collections include Collected Love Poems, Armada, and, from Penguin, Selected Poems. His verse for children includes Gargling with Jelly, Juggling with Gerbils, and Thawing Frozen Frogs. Brian Patten is a popular performer of his work, and he has also written children’s plays as well as editing The Puffin Book of Modern Children’s Verse and The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry.
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