Fenton's work is elegant, highly finished, reticent, witty. Disturbing and deeply affecting, Children in Exile remains an exhilarating and memorable performance.
"Quite simply, Fenton's poems are frightening." - The New York Times Book Review
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James Fenton is a poet and critic. From 1994 to 1999 he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. He writes about poetry, art history, and gardening for the New York Review of Books.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Pasted label to front board. Label is scuffed and boards slightly discoloured. Tight binding, clean pages.Lacks the glassine dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 000218
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