{"product_id":"2026200015117-secondhand-collected-poems","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew voices in Australian literature resonate with the same classical authority and subversive wit as that of A.D. Hope, and Collected Poems stands as the definitive testament to his extraordinary literary legacy. This comprehensive volume gathers the full breadth of Hope's poetic output, chronicling a career that spanned decades and ranged from sharp satirical verse and erotic allegory to meditations on myth, history, and the human condition — all rendered in the formal, metrically precise style that became his hallmark.\n\nHope, widely regarded as one of the greatest Australian poets of the twentieth century, wielded rhyme and metre not as constraints but as instruments of irony and intellectual force, consistently arguing through his verse that civilisation's grandeur and its absurdity are inseparable. His poems draw on Classical and European traditions while maintaining a distinctly antipodean perspective, creating a tension that is both cosmopolitan and deeply personal. Collected Poems is an essential acquisition for any serious reader of twentieth-century poetry — a body of work that rewards every return visit with new layers of meaning and surprising, unsettling beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203197968603,"sku":"2026200015117-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3e42f137-149e-46fa-936a-7d97182b258c.png?v=1788145430","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015117-secondhand-collected-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}