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Tony Harrison Collected Poems (Paperback) (UK IMPORT). His poetic range is truly far-reaching, from the intimate tenderness of family life and personal love, to war poems written from Bosnia and savage public outcries against politicians. Tony Harrison published his first pamphlet of poems in 1964 and for over fifty years has been a prominent force in modern poetry. Further DetailsTitle: Collected Poems Condition: New Author: Tony Harrison Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0241974356 EAN: 9780241974353 ISBN: 9780241974353 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Genre: Poetry & Drama Release Date: 04/07/2016 Description: Tony Harrison published his first pamphlet of poems in 1964 and for over fifty years has been a prominent force in modern poetry. His poetic range is truly far-reaching, from the intimate tenderness of family life and personal love, to war poems written from Bosnia and savage public outcries against politicians. In The Collected Poems, Harrison draws deeply both on classical tradition and on the vernacular of the street. Combining the private and the public in a way Harrison has made distinctly his own, and drawing on his working-class upbringing in Leeds, these are powerful poems for modern times.This is the first complete paperback collection of one of Britain's most controversial and critically acclaimed poets.'Tony Harrison is the greatest poet of the second half of the 20th century. . . He writes brilliantly about class, love and Britain' Daniel Radcliffe 'Harrison is a masterly technician, and the most fiery and indelible English poet of the age. This book is a vineyard on a volcano' Paul Farley Language: English Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 28mm Item Weight: 319g Release Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.