Pengiun Modern Poets 6

Edité par Penguin Books, 1967

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There is something wonderfully specific about Penguin Modern Poets 6 (1967) ?a slim, unassuming paperback that looks like it might contain a few poems to pass the time, but in fact carries the quiet ambition of redefining how poetry should sound, feel, and occasionally unsettle you. Featuring Jack Clemo, Edward Lucie-Smith, and George MacBeth, this is one of those curated Penguin volumes that manages to be both very of its time and oddly resistant to it. Published in 1967, when poetry was still expected to do something meaningful (or at least look like it was trying), this collection gathers three distinct voices and places them side by side, like guests at a dinner party who may or may not get along. Clemo brings a stark, elemental intensity shaped by isolation and landscape; Lucie-Smith offers a more urbane, polished perspective, the kind that suggests he knows exactly what he?s doing (and might be quietly judging you for not quite keeping up); and MacBeth moves between the two with a tone that feels both contemporary and faintly restless, as though aware that poetry itself might be under scrutiny. The result is not so much a unified collection as a literary conversation?sometimes harmonious, sometimes slightly awkward, but always interesting. You can dip in and out, compare styles, pick favourites, or simply enjoy the fact that Penguin once thought it perfectly reasonable to package three poets together and trust the reader to sort it out. Condition-wise, this copy is listed as Good , which in Crappy Old Books language suggests a life well-lived rather than one carefully preserved. Expect some wear to the cover, a spine that has softened with time, and pages that may carry the faint echoes of previous readers?perhaps a student, perhaps a poet in waiting, perhaps someone who bought it in 1972 with every intention of becoming more cultured. It has, in short, the right kind of history for a book that has spent decades quietly insisting on its relevance. It?s not flashy. It won?t demand your attention. But it will sit there, modestly, ready to remind you that poetry doesn?t always arrive with fanfare?sometimes it comes in a small Penguin paperback, slightly worn, slightly enigmatic, and entirely confident that you?ll come back to it when you?re ready. A quietly thoughtful addition to any shelf, and a fine way to say: yes, I do occasionally read poetry? or at least I keep it within reach .…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Pengiun Modern Poets 6
Auteur
Jack Clemo - Edward Lucie-Smith - George MacBeth
Éditeur
Penguin Books
Année de publication
1967
État de l'article
Good
Reliure
Paperback

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