Selected Poems
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few voices in the English literary canon burn with the raw, elemental intensity of D.H. Lawrence, and Selected Poems — edited with an insightful introduction by Keith Sagar — presents the very best of a poet who wrote as though language itself were alive. This carefully curated collection chronicles Lawrence's lifelong preoccupation with the natural world, human desire, death, and resurrection, moving through the vivid landscapes of England, Italy, and New Mexico with restless, searching energy. From the tender early verse rooted in his Nottinghamshire childhood to the fierce, free-verse meditations of Birds, Beasts and Flowers, the poems pulse with an immediacy that refuses detachment or sentimentality. Sagar's editorial hand is deft and authoritative, guiding readers through the full arc of Lawrence's poetic development and illuminating a writer who consistently defied categorisation. Lawrence's style — unrhymed, urgent, and deeply sensory — anticipates the confessional and ecological poetry movements of the latter twentieth century, cementing his place as a radical modernist force. Whether evoking the sinuous menace of a snake on a Sicilian water-trough or the tenderness of a sleeping child, his imagery strikes the reader with the force of direct experience. For those who know Lawrence only through his novels, this collection will reveal an altogether different — and arguably even more powerful — artistic dimension.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few voices in the English literary canon burn with the raw, elemental intensity of D.H. Lawrence, and Selected Poems — edited with an insightful introduction by Keith Sagar — presents the very best of a poet who wrote as though language itself were alive. This carefully curated collection chronicles Lawrence's lifelong preoccupation with the natural world, human desire, death, and resurrection, moving through the vivid landscapes of England, Italy, and New Mexico with restless, searching energy. From the tender early verse rooted in his Nottinghamshire childhood to the fierce, free-verse meditations of Birds, Beasts and Flowers, the poems pulse with an immediacy that refuses detachment or sentimentality. Sagar's editorial hand is deft and authoritative, guiding readers through the full arc of Lawrence's poetic development and illuminating a writer who consistently defied categorisation. Lawrence's style — unrhymed, urgent, and deeply sensory — anticipates the confessional and ecological poetry movements of the latter twentieth century, cementing his place as a radical modernist force. Whether evoking the sinuous menace of a snake on a Sicilian water-trough or the tenderness of a sleeping child, his imagery strikes the reader with the force of direct experience. For those who know Lawrence only through his novels, this collection will reveal an altogether different — and arguably even more powerful — artistic dimension.