Selected Poems

by Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes

Book Overview

Thom Gunn was an Elizabethan poet in modern guise, though there's nothing archaic, quaint, or sepia-toned about his poetry. His method was dispassionate and rigorous, uniquely well suited for making a poetic record of the tumultuous time in which he lived. Gunn's dozens of brilliantly realized poems about nature, friendship, literature, sexual love, and death are set against the ever-changing backdrop of San Francisco--the druggy, politically charged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374258597
• ISBN13: 9780374258597
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"