Collected Poems

Maureen Duffy

ISBN 10: 0241116678 / ISBN 13: 9780241116678

Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1985

About this Item

Spine uncreased. First paperback ed, printing thus. Inscribed (recipient unnamed) by Duffy in black ink on first (half-title) page: "Very best wishes and my thanks -- Maureen Duffy, London 1991. Light edge wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241116678
• ISBN 13: 9780241116678
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Craig Dodd (cover artwork); Bob Workman (author photograph)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good +
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xv + 301 (a hint of tanning to pages; no other inscriptions).

From Library Journal

British novelist and playwright Duffy is the author of more than 21 books, and is known mainly for her plays and fiction. This collection, which encompasses 25 years of work, is an interesting and ample introduction to her poetry. Duffy's verse may sound formal and her language stylized to readers more accustomed to an American idiom and free verse, but her concerns are purely contemporary and timely. Her themes range from wry political comment to tender, uninhibited eroticism, and she often succeeds in presenting literary allusions in a fresh, new light. (One problem with the book's layout: more than one poem on a page makes for confusion when the poems are untitled, as they often are.) Grace Bauer, formerly with New Orleans Public Lib.
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