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An illustrated collection of poetry by the British poet John
Heath-Stubbs. Prolific during the 1940s and 1950s, Heath-Stubbs
received the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry in 1958, and later the
O.B.E for services to literature.
John Heath-Stubbs' new collection is wise, wry and unexpected. In
his eighty-sixth year, the poet commands his medium with a
virtuoso's easy lightness of touch, returning to lifelong
preoccupations with a fresh and intimate attention. His
responsiveness to the natural world, to birds in particular, is
deepened by a lifetime's observation and listening, and invigorated
by delight in nature's unfailing newness. Genial and tolerant, this
collection mixes an inevitable nostalgia with light-heartedness;
satirical squibs are balanced by moments of elegiac beauty. The
grace of the moment is highlighted by an awareness of the
continuities of natural and human history. C.H. Sisson called
Heath-Stubbs 'a Johnsonian presence with a Miltonic disability' (a
reference to the poet's blindness); like Johnson in his later
years, Heath-Stubbs' learned urbanity is enormously generous and
beguilingly gruff.
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Selected Poems (Paperback)
John Heath- Stubbs; Edited by John Clegg
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C.H. Sisson called John Heath-Stubbs `a Johnsonian presence with a
Miltonic disability’ – a reference to the poet’s blindness.
This selection of an abundant poet restores him to a new readership
with the work on which his popularity was based. His
ground-breaking early poetry is given its due, especially the major
long poem Wounded Thammuz, printed here in its entirety.
Heath-Stubbs was at the centre of the New Romantic school. The
Second World War left him as almost the sole representative of one
stream of English poetry. He remains crucial to the 1940s and
’50s, and was a popular presence into the 1980s, composing his
later poems in his head and reciting from memory. Too long he has
been sidelined by shifts of critical fashion. Selected Poems
includes a critical preface by John Clegg who essentialises and
celebrates the work. Three of Heath-Stubbs’ translations of
Leopardi – revered by subsequent translators, and long out of
print – are included.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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