Collected Poems

Henry Reed

ISBN 10: 1857549430 / ISBN 13: 9781857549430

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, GB, 2007

About this Item

WITH A FOREWORD BY FRANK KERMODE Henry Reed (1914-86) is most familiar as the author of 'The Naming of Parts', the best-loved and most anthologised poem of the Second World War. He was a poet of much greater scope than that: in addition to publishing A Map of Verona, his 1946 collection, he was a fine translator, particularly from the Italian, and wrote acclaimed radio plays, including an ambitious adaptation of Moby-Dick and a series of six plays featuring his comic creation Hilda Tablet. On his death he left a sheaf of uncollected poems that had appeared in magazines or were in manuscript. These, together with all Reed's published work, a group of translations and a selection of songs from the radio plays, make up this Collected Poems. Jon Stallworthy, poet, critic and biographer of Wilfred Owen, has included a biographical and critical introduction to this profound, witty and humane poet. Cover image 'Troops Resting' (detail) by Edward Ardizzone. Crown copyright, reproduced by permission of the Imperial War Museum.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857549430
• ISBN 13: 9781857549430
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd edition, replaces previous.
• Condition: New
• Weight: 249 grams

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Synopsis

Henry Reed was one of the most celebrated British poets of World War II. This collection traces Reed's life and attempts to establish Reed alongside the other great war poets of the 20th century through a critical assessment of his poems, including his many unpublished poems, Lessons of the War, translations, songs, and early fragments.

About the Author

Henry Reed is best known for his widely anthologized World War II poem, "Naming of Parts." He also wrote numerous radio plays for the BBC and was a translator of Italian literature into English. He is the author of The Map of Verona. Jon Stallworthy is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Literature, and is a professor of English literature at Oxford University. He is the author of numerous books, including a biography of Louis MacNeice, and the editor of Wilfred Owen's Complete Poems and Fragments and several poetry anthologies.