Reading Walter de la Mare
Paperback 188 pages English August 10, 2021
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A selection of Walter de la Mare's greatest poems presented alongside insightful, reader-friendly commentaries. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. This volume presents a new selection of de la Mare's finest poems, including perennial favourites such as Napoleon, Fare Well and The Listeners, for a twenty-first-century audience. The poems are accompanied by commentaries by William Wootten, which build up a portrait of de la Mare's life, loves and friendships with the likes of Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas and Katherine Mansfield. They also point out the fascinating references to literature, folklore and the natural world that embroider the verse.
- Author:
- Walter de la Mare
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:
- August 10, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 188 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0571347134
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571347131