Marigolds Grow Wild on Platforms

Peggy Poole

ISBN 10: 0304347760 / ISBN 13: 9780304347766

Edité par Cassell, London, 1996

A propos de cet article

192pp.An anthology of railway poetry.A lovely copy as new really,tight and sound throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N° de réf. du vendeur 8419

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Marigolds Grow Wild on Platforms
• Éditeur: Cassell, London
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0304347760
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780304347766
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Locomotives, Trains, Railways
  • Poetry and Poets

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Synopsis

The coming of the railways changed the economic and social fabric of Britain beyond recognition. Railways often generate an emotional response in people; the romance of travel, the excitement of departure and the pleasures of arrival, plus the thrill of the machinery itself, appeal to the emotions. This anthology of over 160 poems about railways and rail travel includes works by poets as varied as Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, W.H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Wendy Cope, Philip Larkin, John Betjeman and Louis MacNeice. The editor of this collection, Peggy Poole, is herself a poet, and was drawn to the magic of railways when changing trains at Preston station, which led to the publication of this anthology. The poems range from the simply lyrical to the rudely mechanical, and are grouped in six themes to represent the different aspects of rail travel.