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The New Faber Book of Love Poems

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The New Faber Book of Love Poems
Authors and Contributors      Edited by James Fenton
By (author) Various Poets
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 130
Category/GenrePoetry
ISBN/Barcode 9780571218158
ClassificationsDewey:821.00803543
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 7 February 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

James Fenton, a Whitbread-winning poet praised for his own love poetry, gathers together the best love poetry originating in the English language. Ranging from the sixteenth-century to the present day, The New Faber Book of Love Poems contains a fantastic mix of classics and popular favourites as well as blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. There are poems by men about women, women about men, men about men and women about women - in short, something for everyone, and a must have for everyone's bookshelf!

Author Biography

James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He has worked as political journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and columnist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was Oxford Professor of Poetry for the period 1994-99. His Selected Poems was published in 2006.