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T. S. Eliot took George Barker onto the Faber poetry list in 1935 with Poems, when Barker was only twenty-two. This was the beginning of a publishing association which would endure through nineteen further volumes. There was an earlier Collected Poems published in 1957, but this edition, published in 1987 towards the end of the writer's life, is the definitive edition. Here, readers have access to the contents of all of those volumes together with lesser-known work published by smaller presses and journals both in the UK and abroad. The book allows us to follow the evolution of a major talent who subscribed to no school and scorned all affiliation, but whose work is uncompromisingly true in both its stylistic integrity and its unswerving conception of poetic responsibility.
'His work was passionate, intellectually challenging and highly original, his language
incantatory and often hypnotic.' Peter Wilby, Guardian
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Collected Poems
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Collected Poems
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. George Barker's Collected Poems enables us to follow the evolution of a major poetic talent. While subscribing to no school and scorning all affiliation, Barker remained uncompromisingly true both to a stylistic integrity and to an unswerving conception of poetic responsibility. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004156651
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Collected Poems (1st edition hardback in fine dust jacket)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Published by Faber & Faber in 1987, here is the first hardback printing of George Barker's Collected Poems. Black cloth binding, silver spine lettering, 838 pages, the book is in very good condition with some light creasing to the spine and some general browning throughout. The dust jacket is in fine condition. Seller Inventory # 12318
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