T S Eliot called Louis MacNeice 'a poet of genius', a poet's poet, one 'whose virtuosity can be fully appreciated only by other poets'. As his publisher, however, Eliot knew that MacNeice's work could speak to a much larger public. His Autumn Journal, published in May 1939, went through five printings during the war years, and it was to become one of the definitive poems of the 1930s. 'I would have a poet,' wrote MacNeice, 'able-bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in ... Read More
T S Eliot called Louis MacNeice 'a poet of genius', a poet's poet, one 'whose virtuosity can be fully appreciated only by other poets'. As his publisher, however, Eliot knew that MacNeice's work could speak to a much larger public. His Autumn Journal, published in May 1939, went through five printings during the war years, and it was to become one of the definitive poems of the 1930s. 'I would have a poet,' wrote MacNeice, 'able-bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in economics, appreciative of women, involved in personal relationships, actively interested in politics, susceptible to physical impressions.' Knowing himself to be all of those things, modesty and a desire to demystify his calling led him to make no mention of the one all-important characteristic that distinguishes a poet: a mastery of the music and magic of language. MacNeice's mother died when he was seven, and Jon Stallworthy shows how his imagination transmuted her ghostly presence, and the powerful presence of his father, into an elemental opposition structuring most of what he would write - from anguished indictments of his native Ireland to poignant love poems. Drawing on the testimony of MacNeice's family, friends and lovers, and his extensive correspondence, Stallworthy has produced a remarkable portrait of a poet of rare energy and integrity who was also a brilliant scholar, critic, autobiographer, playwright and translator. 'Jon Stallworthy's Louis MacNeice is the indispensable guide to the poetry and is written with great verve, generosity and brilliance. A moving and eloquent account of the life of the poet, as well as a superb analysis of the relationship between the life and the work, this is surely one of the great literary biographies of our time.' Jonathan Allison, editor of The Selected Letters of Louis MacNeice Read Less
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Physical description: xxi, 572 pages: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: MacNeice, Louis 1907-1963. Biography. Poets, Irish 20th century; Biography. Authors, Irish; Biography. Poets, Irish; Biography. English poetry 20th century History and criticism. Genre: Biography. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Pages tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: Large 8vo 9"-10; Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, but sunning to spine and to two squares of front panel's 40 squares. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Augmented with bibliographical references galore, black-and-white photographs, too. A fnie biography of the Irish-American Poet Louis MacNeice (1907-1963). yxxi, 1-572 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($35.00 price intact). Published by W. W. Norton and Company, 1995. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in silver. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light spotting on top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and small tear near the spine. 572 pages. ISBN: 978039037760. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; First edition, with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards also very good; titling remains bright and bold. Exterior wear is very minor. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply.
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Very good in very good jacket. xxi, 572 p. IllustrationsOccasional footnotes. Select Bibliography. Notes. Index. A biography of the Irish poet, Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day Lewis. Jon Stallworthy is the author of a prize-winning biography of Wilfred Owen, and editor of a volume of his collected poems.
