Paperback. Perhaps best known for his much anthologized World War II poem, "Naming of Parts", and a number of radio plays and translations from the Italian, Henry Reed published only one volume of verse during his lifetime, "A Map of Verona" in 1946. Jon Stallworthy's introduction traces Reed's life and offers a critical assessment of the published and many unpublished poems, the "Lessons of the War", translations, songs, and early fragments included in this "Collected Poems" that should help establish Reed alongside the other great war poets. Perhaps best known for his much anthologized World War II poem, "Naming of Parts", and a number of radio plays and translations from the Italian, Henry Reed published only one volume of verse during his lifetime, "A Map of Verona" in 1946. This work presents a collection of poems of war poet, playwright and translator, Henry Reed. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Collected Poems (Paperback)
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd, Manchester
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1857549430
ISBN 13: 9781857549430
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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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alongside the other great war poets of the 20th century through a critical assessment of his poems, including his many unpublished poems, Lessons of the War, translations, songs, and early fragments.

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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.

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