Plain Text - Softcover

Michael, Vince

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869848039 ISBN 13: 9781869848033

Publisher: Mica Press, 2015

Synopsis

The poems in Plain Text link a London world of past and present, perceived through social and historical myth, with the timeless ancient world of the Greek historian Herodotus. From these worlds emerge exemplary figures, who may be living in the house next door, or in worlds of imaginative representation, in books, pictures or documents. The poems feel their way into the environments of present and past, personal and public. The purpose may be to make things 'plain', but plainness turns out to be complex, haunting the everyday with histories forgotten or ignored.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Vince (born 1947) is a British poet and author. He was educated at Emanuel School and King's College, Cambridge, where he read English under Tony Tanner and began friendships with the poets Dick Davis, Robert Wells and Clive Wilmer. He taught for the British Council in Greece for many years and now lives in London. Vince won a Gregory Award in 1977. He has since published a number of books and pamphlets. He has appeared in numerous magazines in the UK and USA, including Outposts, Southern Review, PN Review, Encounter, Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Numbers, La Fontana and Verse. Vince has also published a number of best-selling ELT course books and grammars, including Highlight, and the Language Practice series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mica Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1869848039
• ISBN 13: 9781869848033
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 62