Selected Poems and Prose of John Davidson - Hardcover

Davidson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198183356 ISBN 13: 9780198183358

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The first collection of Davidson's poetry for 30 years, this new selection brings together the best of his work both from the 1890s and his later materialist phase. Davidson has lately been reassessed, and he is now generally recognized to be a poet of major status, a precursor of the modernist movement, and the best Scottish poet between Robert Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid. This edition demonstrates the quality and breadth of Davidson's work, and also contains selections from his letters and prose writings, which shed new light on his life and aims as a poet.

About this title

About the Author:

Joan Sloan is Lecturer in English at Balliol College, Oxford.

Review:

Sloan has written a good biography and produced an interesting selection of Davidson's writings. ... the availability of this attractive new selection makes it possible for readers to reach their own conclusions. * MLR, 92.3, 1997 * thoughtful and sensitive ... They could not be more welcome, nor the biography more open. * Times Higher Education Supplement *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198183356
• ISBN 13: 9780198183358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Sloan John