Complete poems [of] Keith Douglas - Hardcover

Douglas, Keith Castellain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192118765 ISBN 13: 9780192118769

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1977

Synopsis

Mainly remembered as a World War II poet who died in Normandy three days after D-day, Keith Douglas demonstrated a rapidly maturing energy and simplicity of diction through his descriptions of war-time Cairo and contemplations of death. The only complete collection of his poetry available, this volume contains 105 poems with a section of notes that provides the source, place of first publication, and a record of substantial variations from other versions for each poem.

About this title

About the Author:

About the Editor:
Desmond Graham is Keith Douglas's biographer and a poet himself.

Review:

'With this book we are in the presence of greatness. There is in his work a spaciousness, clarity and depth along with a wide variety of moods, themes, forms and rhythms. He can handle the delicate lyric as satisfyingly and as powerfully as a luminous vers libre. An important book of
undoubted mastery.'
The Daily Telegraph. Oct '94

`a body of work which has few rivals ... His poems are tense, sometimes breathless examinations of life at the very edge ... A powerful collection.'
Yorkshire Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0192118765
• ISBN 13: 9780192118769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 145