Walter de la Mare was een Engelse dichter en prozaschrijver wiens werk vaak het wonderlijke rijk van de kinderlijke verbeelding en subtiele psychologische horror verkent. Zijn benadering van schrijven werd diepgaand beïnvloed door een interesse in de verbeelding, wat zijn teksten een unieke, etherische kwaliteit gaf. De la Mare verweefde meesterlijk realiteit en fantasie, en creëerde onheilspellende maar boeiende verhalen die generaties lang weerklank vinden.
Walter de la Mare was one of the most beloved poets of the twentieth century, with a distinctive voice and a gift for evocative imagery. This collection includes some of his most famous works, including 'The Listeners' and 'The Veil.' With its haunting beauty and timeless themes, de la Mare's poetry continues to captivate readers to this day. A must-read for fans of modern poetry.
Though sometimes classified with Owen, Rosenberg and Sassoon as a 'war poet', he was rather a poet who died tragically in the war, and whose main subjects were the English countryside and its people, and the solitude of the observing self. The present edition offers the complete poems together with detailed editorial apparatus in what has become acknowledged as the standard edition by R. George Thomas. It also includes Thomas's remarkable prose War Diary of 1917
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W.