Selected Poems Of James Henry - Hardcover

Henry, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843510111 ISBN 13: 9781843510116

Publisher: The Lilliput Press, 2002

Synopsis

Born in Dublin in 1798 and educated at Trinity College, James Henry was a controversially humane doctor, a passionate scholar of Virgilian manuscripts, and a lifelong interrogator of Christianity. More than a century after James Henry’s death, Christopher Ricks came upon his poems – printed but unpublished – in the Cambridge University Library. Within these volumes Ricks discovered poetry ‘unaffectedly direct, sinewy, seriously comic. And brave.’ Henry’s convictions and his humour, his idiosyncrasies and his courage, come through in work that, Ricks writes, ‘has an integrity, a consistency, for all its engaging diversity of topic and tone’. With the publication of the Selected Poems of James Henry, the world at large can hear the voice of a remarkable poet.

About this title

About the Author

James Henry is an established fiction author who also has an interest in local history. Teaming up with Colin Walton, they set about researching the history of their local pubs and hostelries dating back to the sixteenth century. It was inevitable that along the way they would accumulate a wealth of knowledge on their home town.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Lilliput Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843510111
• ISBN 13: 9781843510116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Ricks Christopher