{"product_id":"2026200014059-secondhand-collected-poems-1954","title":"Collected Poems 1954","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated poet laureates comes Collected Poems 1954, a sweeping compendium that gathers the finest verse of C. Day Lewis into a single, indispensable volume. Spanning the full arc of his literary career, this collection presents lyric poems that move with equal grace between intimate personal reflection and grand, politically charged meditations on the turbulence of the modern age. Day Lewis, writing in a tradition that honours both the classical and the romantic, chronicles the shifting landscapes of love, loss, nature, and political conscience with a precision and musical authority that few of his contemporaries could match.\n\nAs a founding member of the celebrated 1930s Oxford Group alongside W.H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, and Stephen Spender, Day Lewis occupies a singular position in the canon of modern British poetry. His verse is distinguished by a remarkable formal range — from tight, sonorous sonnets to expansive, free-flowing meditations — illustrating his mastery of both structure and spontaneity. Published by Jonathan Cape at Thirty Bedford Square, London, this 1954 edition stands as a landmark document of mid-century British literature, and a testament to a poetic voice that rewards the reader with new discoveries on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160996421851,"sku":"2026200014059-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e0d99b55-896f-4920-b1cc-5f3bbd5d91b9.png?v=1787188693","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014059-secondhand-collected-poems-1954","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}