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The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005
The Cut of the Light draws extensively on Jeremy Hooker's poetry written over a period of forty years. It shows the development of a poetry concerned with nature and history and the spirit of place, and comprises both formal variety and the 'art of seeing' which relates Hooker to a vital tradition of British and American poetry. The book contains early, previously unpublished poems and some new versions of later work. It represents the best of a consistently exploratory poet whose work is celebrated for its power and delicacy.
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The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005
The Cut of the Light draws extensively on Jeremy Hooker's poetry written over a period of forty years. It shows the development of a poetry concerned with nature and history and the spirit of place, and comprises both formal variety and the 'art of seeing' which relates Hooker to a vital tradition of British and American poetry. The book contains early, previously unpublished poems and some new versions of later work. It represents the best of a consistently exploratory poet whose work is celebrated for its power and delicacy.
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The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005

The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005

by Jeremy Hooker
The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005

The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005

by Jeremy Hooker

Overview

The Cut of the Light draws extensively on Jeremy Hooker's poetry written over a period of forty years. It shows the development of a poetry concerned with nature and history and the spirit of place, and comprises both formal variety and the 'art of seeing' which relates Hooker to a vital tradition of British and American poetry. The book contains early, previously unpublished poems and some new versions of later work. It represents the best of a consistently exploratory poet whose work is celebrated for its power and delicacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781904634270
Publisher: Enitharmon Press
Publication date: 10/26/2006
Pages: 373
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Hooker was born in 1941 and is a poet, critic, teacher and broadcaster. His ten collections of poetry are represented by a substantial selection: The Cut of the Light: Poems 1965-2005 (Enitharmon, 2006). His other books include Writers in a Landscape, Imagining Wales: A View of Modern Welsh Writing in English, studies of David Jones and John Cowper Powys, Welsh Journal and Upstate: A North American Journal. He has edited writings by Alun Lewis, Frances Bellerby, Richard Jefferies, Wilfred Owen, and Edward Thomas. His features for BBC Radio 3 include A Map of David Jones and the poem for voices, Landscape of Childhood. Jeremy Hooker has taught in universities, in Wales, England, The Netherlands and the USA. He retired, as Professor of English, at the University of Glamorgan, in 2008.
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