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Revolutionary Sonnets

Paperback

Main Details

Title Revolutionary Sonnets
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anthony Burgess
Volume editor Kevin Jackson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:130
Dimensions(mm): Height 217,Width 137
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781857546163
ClassificationsDewey:821.914
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publication Date 25 November 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Revolutionary Sonnets explores themes of violence and love, pretensions and emotion, sex and war and is both sobering and funny.

Author Biography

Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He graduated with honours in English Literature from Manchester University in 1940. He Served in World War II, then became an education officer in the far east before beginning to write. 1962 saw the publication of his most famous work A Clockwork Orange, which made him famous as a satirical novelist, and which was filmed by Stanley Kubrick in the 1970s. Anthony Burgess died in 1993 leaving behind an incredible body of work including poetry, screenplays and orchestral works.