Great Poets of the 20th Century and Great Lyricists: Bob Dylan

TS Eliot; Siegfried Sassoon; Sylvia Plath; WH Auden; Philip Larkin; Ted Hughes; Seamus Heaney; Bob Dylan

Published by The Guardian, London, 2008

About this Item

Bright group of eight pamphlets from The Guardian's 'Great Poets' and 'Great Lyricists' series. The first edition of this work.Complete collection of The Guardian's 'Great Poets of the 20th Century' series in seven volumes, celebrating some of the most prominent poets in the 1900s featuring a great selection of each poet's best and most acclaimed pieces.Featuring: TS Eliot with a foreword by Craig Raine; WH Auden with a foreword by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury; 'Sylvia Plath,' with a foreword by Margaret Drabble; Philip Larkin, with a foreword by Andrew Motion; Ted Hughes, with a foreword by Jeanette Winterson; Seamus Heaney, with a foreword by John Banville; and Siegfried Sassoon, with a foreword by William Boyd.Also comprising vol. 1 of The Guardian's 'Great Lyricists' series, concerning the lyrical genius of Bob Dylan, with a foreword by Greil Marcus.Each volume features a photographic portrait frontispiece of the authors. The 'Great Poets' series with a facsimile manuscript of each poet to rear. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 849A36

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Great Poets of the 20th Century and Great Lyricists: Bob Dylan
• Publisher: The Guardian, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry