Selected Poetry (Poetry Signatures)
Crabbe, George (ed. Jem Poster)
Language: English
Published by Carcanet Press, Manchester, 1986
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168 pp. Paperback. Near fine. No annotations or inscriptions. Cover without damage or bumps. Binding and spine firm and tight. Introduction by Jem Poster. “George Crabbe wanted his readers to feel his writing - accounts of rural and provincial life, of individuals and communities, of landscapes - to be true, not only as narrative but in circumstantial detail - some of it harsh and shocking. Peter Grimes is his most famous character, one whom Benjamin Britten found irresistible. His characters are individual, and yet socially representative. ‘It is worth registering from the outset,’ Jem Poster says, ‘the enduring intimacy of Crabbe’s contact with the world, the sheer physicality of his grasp of things: the strengths of his poetry are more easily understood if we can visualize him actually grubbing at the slimy roots of the marsh-plants he so vividly described, delivering a neighbour’s child, or assisting his father by piling butter-casks in a quayside warehouse.’ Please note that regulations for importing goods into EU countries will be changing from 1 November 2026. It may not be possible to ship books to EU destinations at all, so please enquire before ordering.…
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- Title
- Selected Poetry (Poetry Signatures)
- Author
- Crabbe, George (ed. Jem Poster)
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press, Manchester
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0856356212
- ISBN 13
- 9780856356216
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 196 grams
- Dimensions
- 1.2 centimeters width by 13 centimeters height by 19.8 centimeters depth
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George Crabbe (1754-1832) arrived late on the Augustan scene. Born in the same decade as Burns and Blake, he outlived Keats by more than ten years. His father was a warehouse-keeper in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Schooled in Bungay and Stowmarket, he was apprenticed to an apothecary. In 1779 he went to London as a literary adventurer, arriving without introductions. Edmund Burke became his patron and transformed his fortunes. The Village (1783),and after a silence The Parish Register (1807), The Borough (1810) and Tales (1812), his main works followed.
Crabbe wanted his readers to feel his writing - accounts of rural and provincial life, of individuals and communities, of landscapes - not only as narrative but in circumstantial detail - some of it harsh and shocking. Peter Grimes is his most famous character, one whom Benjamin Britten found irresistible. 'It is worth registering from the outset,' Jem Poster says, 'the enduring intimacy of Crabbe's contact with the world, the sheer physicality of his grasp of things: the strengths of his poetry are more easily understood if we can visualise him actually grubbing at the slimy roots of the marshplants he so vividly described, delivering a neighbour's child, or assisting his father by piling butter-casks in a quayside warehouse'.
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