Two Worlds for Memory (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Alfred Noyes

9780331486230: Two Worlds for Memory (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331486237 ISBN 13: 9780331486230

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Two Worlds for Memory: A boyhood of mountains, poetry, and discovery

In Alfred Noyes’s memoir excerpt, a young narrator recalls a sunlit mountainside nook where beauty first spoke to him. From that tiny clearing, poetry and nature entwine, shaping a lifelong love of words and wonder.

This edition centers on a childhood spent wandering high hills, reading in a private school, and discovering how books and landscapes kindle imagination. It offers a personal account of what those early experiences mean for a writer’s path, with vivid scenes of forests, coastlines, and the moment a poem seems to bloom inside a child.

A memory-filled ascent to a hidden eyrie, where a butterfly and a spark of beauty leave a lasting impression.
The turning points: discovering Spenser, Keats, Wordsworth, and other poets in a mountain retreat beside firs and bracken.
The habit of reading deeply, from Boswell and Johnson to essays on poetry, alongside a wide diary of books that shaped the voice.
A school day filled with curiosity, small triumphs, and lively debates about art, form, and the meaning of poetry.

Ideal for readers of memoirs, lyrical childhoods, and the making of a poet through memory and landscape.

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