Author: Motion, Andrew, 1952-
Publication year: 1994
Language: English
Media type Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber : [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd : [dist
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780571169009 (pbk.) : 0571169007 (pbk.) :
Notes:
Paperback. B-format paperback.
Extent: 48 p. ; 20x13x1 cm.
Description: This volume consists of two long poems. "Lines of Desire" tells the story of an individual in crisis, under cruel pressure both from past and present events. "Joe Soap" combines narrative and lyric forms to trace a historical pattern reaching from the First World War to contemporary apocalypse. This book consists of two long poems. "Lines of Desire" tells the story of an individual in crisis, under cruel pressure both from past and present events. "Joe Soap" combines narrative and lyric forms to trace a historical pattern reaching from the First World War to contemporary apocalypse. Andrew Motion has won the Somerset Maugham Award for achievements both as a poet and a biographer. He is the author of "Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life".
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