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England's unofficial laureate mixes the matter and speech of the gutter in his angry, why-are-we-here- poems, but he uses meter for the jobPeter Reading's poems from twenty-five years and eighteen books have been published in two volumes, the first, Poems 1970-1974, in 1995 - "A poetry of foul moods. But it is also a poetry that insists on angry intelligence over world-weary head-shaking". -- Publishers Weekly. For a poet to be collected like this, at the age of fifty in mid-career, is unusual, but not for Reading -- prolific, distinctive and controversial. His is an epic lament for a species given to cruelty and self-destruction. Generally, rhyme provides the backbone for public poetry. What sets Reading apart is his use of mostly classical dactylic meter, with Latin hexameters, couplets, and older Greek forms.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Collected Poems 2
• Author: Peter Reading
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9781852243579
• ISBN: 1852243570
• ID: 05110074
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Weight: 486 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 138 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 1996

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