The Secret Life of Poems : A Poetry Primer
Author(s): Tom Paulin
'The Secret Life of Poems' is a primer which offers a poem - or an occasion or excerpt - with succeeding commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase.
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An encounter with some of the most celebrated poems in the English language, by one of the most distinguished poet-critics of our time.
Tom Paulin was born in Leeds in 1949 but grew up in Belfast, and was educated at the universities of Hull and Oxford. He has published seven collections of poetry as well as a Selected Poems 1972-1990, two major anthologies, two versions of Greek drama and several critical works, including The Day-Star of Liberty: William Hazlitt's Radical Style. Well-known for his appearances on the BBC's Late Review, he is also the G. M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.204
- : August 2011
- : 198mm X 126mm X 16mm
- : United Kingdom
- : November 2011
- : books
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- : Tom Paulin
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 821.009
- : 256