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A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry, selected by Tom
Paulin, published in a beautiful new edition by Faber. At once a
voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted
evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon
the growing gloom . . . -The Darkling Thrush
The rediscovery and restitution of William Hazlitt as a canonical
Romantic author has been among the latest and most significant
developments in present-day Romantic studies. This volume, a
collection of previously unpublished essays by the foremost
scholars in the field presents Hazlitt as a philosophical, and not
simply a 'familiar' essayist. It offers a comprehensive statement
of the significance and transmission of Hazlitt's philosophical
principles, in his own work and in that of his contemporaries and
succeeding writers. This book is an essential contribution to a
vital new aspect of Romantic studies and shows Hazlitt to be, as
his memorial claims, 'The first (unanswered) Metaphysician of the
age'.
The rediscovery and restitution of William Hazlitt as a canonical
Romantic author has been among the latest and most significant
developments in present-day Romantic studies. This volume, a
collection of previously unpublished essays by the foremost
scholars in the field presents Hazlitt as a philosophical, and not
simply a 'familiar' essayist. It offers a comprehensive statement
of the significance and transmission of Hazlitt's philosophical
principles, in his own work and in that of his contemporaries and
succeeding writers. This book is an essential contribution to a
vital new aspect of Romantic studies and shows Hazlitt to be, as
his memorial claims, 'The first (unanswered) Metaphysician of the
age'.
Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish
life first came to public attention in the 1970s, Tom Paulin has
been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This
selection on his work draws on nearly four decades of poetry and
translation, updating and expanding upon the Selected Poems
1972-1990, and showcasing the microscopic detail and reinvention of
the ordinary with which Paulin writes of place, culture and memory.
The Ireland of Paulin's childhood is explored both from a personal
and a historical perspective to form a complex picture of a country
in turmoil and in recovery. But Paulin's concerns are as
international as they are local, as reflected in his long-standing
appetite for European writers, histories and languages. Dialectic
and lyrical, original and exploratory, ambitious and provocative,
Tom Paulin is one of the defining voices of his generation:
brilliantly varied and utterly compelling, as apparent from this
New Selected Poems.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished
of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic
period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in
complete form.
'It was like God had a human voice, with all the infinite tenderness and anciency and mortal gravity of a living Creator speaking to his son.' - Allen Ginsberg on the voice of William Blake
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Major Works (Paperback)
John Clare; Edited by Eric Robinson, David Powell; Introduction by Tom Paulin
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the
acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of
Frank Kermode. It brings together a generous selection of Clare's
poetry and prose, including autobiographical writings and letters.
John Clare (1793-1864) is now recognized as one of the greatest
English Romantic poets, after years of indifference and neglect.
Clare was an impoverished agricultural labourer, whose genius was
generally not appreciated by his contemporaries, and his later
mental instability further contributed to his loss of critical
esteem. But the extraordinary range of his poetical gifts has
restored him to the company of his contemporaries Byron, Keats, and
Shelley, and this fine selection illustrates all aspects of his
talent. It contains poems from all stages of his career, including
love poetry, and bird and nature poems. Written in his native
Northamptonshire, Clare's work provides a fascinating reflection of
rural society, often underscored by his own sense of isolation and
despair. Clare's writings are here presented with the minimum of
editorial interference, and with a new Introduction by the poet and
scholar Tom Paulin. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry, selected by Tom
Paulin, published in a beautiful new edition by Faber. At once a
voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted
evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon
the growing gloom . . . -The Darkling Thrush
'It was like God had a human voice, with all the infinite tenderness and anciency and mortal gravity of a living Creator speaking to his son.' - Allen Ginsberg on the voice of William Blake
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Hughie O'Donoghue
Jo Baring; Hughie O'Donoghue, Martin Gayford, Lee Hallman, Thomas Marks, …
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Hughie O’Donoghue (b. 1953) explores themes of universal human
experience, ideas of truth and the relationship between memory and
identity. Often standing apart from his contemporaries in the scale
and ambition of his paintings, O’Donoghue’s work addresses the
need to learn the lessons and complexities of recent history
through the lens of the often overlooked and anonymous individual.
Beautifully illustrated, encompassing four decades of work, this
major publication is the broadest survey of the artist to date.
Including new writing from the artist alongside four commissioned
essays by leading art historians and critics, with a preface by the
poet Tom Paulin, this comprehensive book documents O’Donoghue’s
ambitious vision.
A reissue of Paulin's corrosive and uproarious litany of bad sex,
bad politics and bad religion from the 1980s.
Betrayed by a husband she sacrificed everything for, Medea
unleashes a horrific vengeance on her enemies, by murdering her own
children. Featuring one of the most powerful female roles in the
history of drama, Euripides' tragedy Medea is reworked by poet Tom
Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English that conveys the
shocking story - and our conflicted loyalties as spectators to the
tragedy - more strongly than ever. This version of Medea was first
staged by Northern Broadsides on a UK tour in 2010.
In The Invasion Handbook Tom Paulin sets out to recount the origins
of the Second World War. The result is a triumph of technique, a
simultaneous vision which proceeds by quotation and collage,
catalogue and caption, prose as well as verse - a myriad staging of
historical realities through the poet's intense and bitter scrutiny
of the particulars of time and place. The volume opens with the
Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919, which excluded Germany from the
community of nations, and with the answering but ill-fated attempt
of the Locarno Treaties of 1925 to restore the torn fabric of
Europe. It evokes Weimar culture, Hitler's rise to power and the
beginnings of the persecution of the Jews, and ends with the Battle
of Britain.
Tom Paulin's first collection since The Road to Inver in 2004,
Love's Bonfire sets poems about early life and marriage beside
up-to-the minute and minutely registered perceptions of
post-settlement Ireland. At the book's centre are delicately inward
versions of the contemporary Palestinian poet Walid Khazendar,
which resonate with the proximity of other lives, other exiles and
destinies, as of an autobiography by other means. 'Who entered my
room when I was outand moved the vase on the mantelpiece just a
tad?who skewed that print - a Crusader - on the far wall?and those
pages loose on my deskthey're a shade dishevelled aren't they?'
[from 'Belongings']
Comprised of pieces spanning five centuries, Crusoe's Secret
explores the culture of English dissent, whether through canonical
works - Paradise Lost, Robinson Crusoe, Clarissa - or moving
between epic and novel, lyric, tract and drama. Tom Paulin engages
with the great dissenting voices from Bunyan to D. H. Lawrence, and
he casts new light on others - such as Clare or Kipling or Hopkins
- whose work was touched by dissent. Crusoe's Secret confirms Tom
Paulin's status as an exemplary reader, who brilliantly marries
historical context and critical readings.
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