Gunn's work illustrates the debates poetry in English has pursued in this century - form versus improvization, diction versus talk, the American way versus the English tradition, and even, at times, authenticity versus art.
Thom Gunn Libri
Thom Gunn è stato un poeta anglo-americano celebrato per i suoi primi versi in Inghilterra e per il suo lavoro successivo in America. Il suo stile si è evoluto da strutture più formali verso un approccio più libero in versi sciolti. Dopo essersi trasferito a San Francisco, Gunn ha esplorato temi legati alla vita gay, all'uso di droghe, al sesso e alla sua esistenza bohémien. La sua scrittura è apprezzata per la sua schiettezza e la sua acuta osservazione dell'esperienza umana.
Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was educated at Cambridge University, and had his first collection of poems, Fighting Terms, published while still an undergraduate. His last collection was Boss Cupid (2000). In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past.
With an illuminating new preface by Colm Tóibín, here is Thom Gunn's extraordinary memorial to love, life and death in the time of the AIDS crisisThe Man With Night Sweats, originally published in 1992, sees Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers.
Boss Cupid
- 128pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
This collection showcases a renowned poet's latest work, offering a blend of innovative themes and striking imagery. The poems challenge conventional ideas and invite readers to explore deep emotional landscapes. With a focus on contemporary issues and personal reflection, the poet's unique voice resonates throughout, making this volume a compelling addition to modern poetry.
The Passages of Joy, published in 1982, saw Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers. The poems combine personal directness with an apparently effortless technical assurance.
The Letters of Thom Gunn
- 800pagine
- 28 ore di lettura
This selection of correspondence presents, for the first time, the private life and reflections of a maverick figure in the history of British and American poetry.
Paperback signed by the author, in very good condition. Creasing along the spine and spinesides, front cover, and cover edges are slightly rubbed. Page block and page edges are tanned. Pages are otherwise clear and binding is sound. LW
The Sense of Movement
- 56pagine
- 2 ore di lettura
This second collection of Gunn's poetry was first published in 1957. schovat popis
Selected Poems of Thom Gunn
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Thom Gunn is a supremely paradoxical poet: a brilliant exponent of traditional forms who also wrote some of the best free verse of the late twentieth- and early twenty-first century; a deliberate un-confessional poet whose elegies for AIDS victims are unflinchingly direct and personal; a marvellous provider of particular instances who is also restlessly mobile. This selection from his work captures all these facets of his poetic personality, among many others, and proves beyond doubt that Gunn is one of the most free-spirited, intriguing, intelligent and emotionally engaging poets of his time - and ours. Andrew Motion
