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Fleur Adcock's poetry has been widely admired for its combination of verbal precision and technical control with a wide range of subject matter and tone. This volume includes a selection of early work from her first two collections. together with a substantial representation from her three most recent collections, High Tide in the Garden, The Scenic Route, and The Inner Harbour, all now unavailable. In addition, this volume includes 26 new poems.
"Her poems seem to rest on the page with a special lenient grace."--Peter Porter, Observer. "The most talented woman poet now writing in Britain."--Gavin Ewart
"Her poems seem to rest on the page with a special lenient grace."--Peter Porter, Observer. "The most talented woman poet now writing in Britain."--Gavin Ewart
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`Fleur Adcock, from whose five books the contents of Selected Poems has been chosen, is one of the best poets writing in English.' Gavin Ewart
`substantial and highly impressive`
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`An individual, woman's-eye view of the world, a book to be returned to, dipped into, often.' Adrian Henri
`Adcock's work covers a wide range and is at its most effective when touching on intimate themes, or developing bright fantasies...Humour and honesty are the poet's great virtues.' Christopher Reid
`stylistically all of a piece, written in a clear, accurate, unstrained contemporary idiom, poetic by virtue of observation, a sly irony, and structure...It is a consistently interesting book.' Martin Dodsworth
`as unputdownable as a good story...an abundant, attractive book, fiercely fresh and truthful' Claude Rawson
`Adcock deals with the problems that affect all of us and lifts them into the dimension of highly accomplished art; she is an exceptionally rewarding and readable poet.' Alan Bold
`substantial and highly impressive`
Event
`An individual, woman's-eye view of the world, a book to be returned to, dipped into, often.' Adrian Henri
`Adcock's work covers a wide range and is at its most effective when touching on intimate themes, or developing bright fantasies...Humour and honesty are the poet's great virtues.' Christopher Reid
`stylistically all of a piece, written in a clear, accurate, unstrained contemporary idiom, poetic by virtue of observation, a sly irony, and structure...It is a consistently interesting book.' Martin Dodsworth
`as unputdownable as a good story...an abundant, attractive book, fiercely fresh and truthful' Claude Rawson
`Adcock deals with the problems that affect all of us and lifts them into the dimension of highly accomplished art; she is an exceptionally rewarding and readable poet.' Alan Bold
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0195581008
- ISBN 13 9780195581003
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages135
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