Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his
life. In this book, completed before just before his death, he
offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary
on each. In the last months of his life, his vision impaired by
surgery and unable to read, Clive James explored the treasure-house
of his mind: the poems he knew best, so good that he didn’t just
remember them, he found them impossible to forget. The Fire of Joy
is the record of this final journey of recollection and
celebration. Enthralled by poetry all his life, James knew hundreds
of poems by heart. In offering this selection of his favourites, a
succession of poems from the sixteenth century to the present, his
aim is to inspire you to discover and to learn, and perhaps even to
speak poetry aloud. In his highly personal anthology, James offers
a commentary on each of the eighty or so poems: sometimes a
historical or critical note on the poem or its author, sometimes a
technical point about the poem’s construction from someone who
was himself a poet, sometimes a personal anecdote about the role
the poem played in his own life. Whether you’re familiar with a
poem or not — whether you’re familiar with poetry in general or
not — these chatty, unpretentious, often tender mini-essays
convey the joy of James’s enthusiasm and the benefit of his
knowledge. His urgent wish was to share with a new generation what
he himself had loved. This is a book to be read cover to cover or
dipped into: either way it generously opens up a world for our
delight.
General
| Imprint: |
Picador
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2020 |
| Authors: |
Clive James
|
| Dimensions: |
205 x 138 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5290-4208-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5290-4208-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781529042085 |
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