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In this innovative new series of public lectures at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northeast England, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Blood-axe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what these British poets think about their own subject. Desmond Graham reflects in three lectures on how poems are nourished and how reading can grow.

Produktbeschreibung
In this innovative new series of public lectures at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northeast England, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Blood-axe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what these British poets think about their own subject. Desmond Graham reflects in three lectures on how poems are nourished and how reading can grow.
Autorenporträt
Desmond Graham is Emeritus Professor of Poetry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His books include a biography of Keith Douglas (OUP, 1974), editions of Douglas's poetry (OUP, 1978; Faber, 1997) and letters (Carcanet, 2000), a critical study of the poets of the First World War, The Truth of War (Carcanet, 1984), and five collections of poetry. He co-translated Two Darknesses by Polish poet Anna Kamienska (Flambard, 1994), and edited Poetry of the Second World War: An International Anthology (Chatto, 1995). His poetry books are The Lie of Horizons (1993), The Marching Bands (1996) and Not Falling (1999) from Seren, and After Shakespeare (2001) and Milena Poems (2004) from Flambard. After Shakespeare was translated into Polish in 2002 and the Milena poems were the subject of a jazz suite, first performed in Arnheim in 2003.