{"product_id":"2026200010236-secondhand-collected-poems-1925-1948","title":"Collected Poems 1925-1948","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew poets of the twentieth century captured the turbulent contradictions of modern life with the precision and lyrical force of Louis MacNeice, and Collected Poems 1925–1948 stands as the definitive testament to his remarkable range and restless intelligence. Spanning over two decades of his creative output, this volume chronicles the full arc of MacNeice's poetic development — from his early meditations on Irish identity and classical influence to his wartime verse, suffused with anxiety, dark wit, and an unflinching awareness of impermanence.\n\nMacNeice wrote as a poet of the city and the conscience, equally at home in the rhythms of Belfast streets and the intellectual currents of 1930s Oxford, where he counted W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender among his peers. His verse is at once accessible and deeply erudite, presenting a sustained argument for poetry as a moral and emotional reckoning with the world. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he never retreated into abstraction — his imagery remains sharp, sensory, and urgently human. For the reader who has yet to encounter MacNeice in full, this collection is a revelation waiting to unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130653810907,"sku":"2026200010236-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f8e3b8c1-ef7b-4106-92c6-145989bdeac5.png?v=1786588059","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010236-secondhand-collected-poems-1925-1948","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}