Gunn's work illustrates the debates poetry in English has pursued in this century - form versus improvization, diction versus talk, the American way versus the English tradition, and even, at times, authenticity versus art.
Thom Gunn Boeken
Thom Gunn was een Engels-Amerikaanse dichter die werd gevierd om zijn vroege verzen in Engeland en zijn latere werk in Amerika. Zijn stijl evolueerde van meer formele structuren naar een lossere, vrije versvorm. Na zijn verhuizing naar San Francisco verkende Gunn thema's als het holebLeben, drugsgebruik, seks en zijn bohemien bestaan. Zijn schrijven wordt gewaardeerd om zijn directheid en scherpe observatie van de menselijke ervaring.
Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was educated at Cambridge University, and had his first collection of poems, Fighting Terms, published while still an undergraduate. His last collection was Boss Cupid (2000). In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past.
With an illuminating new preface by Colm Tóibín, here is Thom Gunn's extraordinary memorial to love, life and death in the time of the AIDS crisisThe Man With Night Sweats, originally published in 1992, sees Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers.
Boss Cupid
- 128bladzijden
- 5 uur lezen
This collection showcases a renowned poet's latest work, offering a blend of innovative themes and striking imagery. The poems challenge conventional ideas and invite readers to explore deep emotional landscapes. With a focus on contemporary issues and personal reflection, the poet's unique voice resonates throughout, making this volume a compelling addition to modern poetry.
The Passages of Joy, published in 1982, saw Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers. The poems combine personal directness with an apparently effortless technical assurance.
The Letters of Thom Gunn
- 800bladzijden
- 28 uur lezen
This selection of correspondence presents, for the first time, the private life and reflections of a maverick figure in the history of British and American poetry.
Paperback signed by the author, in very good condition. Creasing along the spine and spinesides, front cover, and cover edges are slightly rubbed. Page block and page edges are tanned. Pages are otherwise clear and binding is sound. LW
The Sense of Movement
- 56bladzijden
- 2 uur lezen
This second collection of Gunn's poetry was first published in 1957. schovat popis
Selected Poems of Thom Gunn
- 336bladzijden
- 12 uur lezen
Thom Gunn is a supremely paradoxical poet: a brilliant exponent of traditional forms who also wrote some of the best free verse of the late twentieth- and early twenty-first century; a deliberate un-confessional poet whose elegies for AIDS victims are unflinchingly direct and personal; a marvellous provider of particular instances who is also restlessly mobile. This selection from his work captures all these facets of his poetic personality, among many others, and proves beyond doubt that Gunn is one of the most free-spirited, intriguing, intelligent and emotionally engaging poets of his time - and ours. Andrew Motion
