Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Hjem
Kategorier
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
FAQ
Konto
Kontakt
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Biografier, sande fortællinger og nonfiktion
  3. Erindringer

Sleeping on Islands

- A Life in Poetry
Af: Sir Andrew Motion Engelsk Paperback

Sleeping on Islands

- A Life in Poetry
Af: Sir Andrew Motion Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years.

Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence — where writing was as much a refuge as an assertion — to the excruciations of early public appearances, to the decade he spent as Poet Laureate, promoting and ensuring the central place of poetry in a nation’s character.

Along the way, we hear about the risks and sacrifices involved, as well as the difficulties of sustaining a commitment to writing within a helix of other obligations. We see in close-up the significance of Motion’s formative relationship with W. H. Auden and his subsequent friendship with Philip Larkin. And during his time as Laureate, we witness memorable encounters with Royalty and Prime Ministers, and discover the costs and complications that accompany such a high-profile role.

By turns moving and humorous, this is the intimate story of a rare poetic life. And it proves Motion’s contention that the poems we most enjoy ‘are not weird visitations, or ornaments stuck on the surface of life, but part of life’s daily bread’.

Vis mere
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 174
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years.

Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence — where writing was as much a refuge as an assertion — to the excruciations of early public appearances, to the decade he spent as Poet Laureate, promoting and ensuring the central place of poetry in a nation’s character.

Along the way, we hear about the risks and sacrifices involved, as well as the difficulties of sustaining a commitment to writing within a helix of other obligations. We see in close-up the significance of Motion’s formative relationship with W. H. Auden and his subsequent friendship with Philip Larkin. And during his time as Laureate, we witness memorable encounters with Royalty and Prime Ministers, and discover the costs and complications that accompany such a high-profile role.

By turns moving and humorous, this is the intimate story of a rare poetic life. And it proves Motion’s contention that the poems we most enjoy ‘are not weird visitations, or ornaments stuck on the surface of life, but part of life’s daily bread’.

Vis mere
Se mere i:
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780571375301
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0571375308
Kategori: Erindringer
Udg. Dato: 2 maj 2024
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato: 2 maj 2024
Forfatter(e): Sir Andrew Motion
Forfatter(e) Sir Andrew Motion

Kategori Erindringer

ISBN-13 9780571375301

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 129mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 2 maj 2024

Oplagsdato 2 maj 2024

Forlag Faber & Faber

Kategori sammenhænge