Mermaids Explained: Poems

Reid, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0151001065 / ISBN 13: 9780151001064

Published by Harcourt, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mermaids Explained: Poems
• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151001065
• ISBN 13: 9780151001064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Since 1976, Christopher Reid has been startling and delighting readers of poetry. His philosphic concerns are often expressed in small, domestic details, but, as with the Metaphysical poets he admires, the effect heightens his poetry's seriousness and impact. Reid finds significance in the marginal, the endangered, the apocryphal, and the absurd. His verse, which has earned him both the distinguished Hawthornden and Somerset Maugham Prizes, is subversive and highly intelligent.

The Pultizer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic provides a welcome introduction to one of England's most distinguished and original voices.

About the Author

Former poetry editor at Faber & Faber, Christopher Reid has published five volumes of poetry. He lives in London. Charles Simic, author of, most recently, Jackstraws, is the recepient of many awards and honors for his poetry. He lives in New Hampshire.