Where All the Ladders Start: A Study of Poems, Poets and the People Who Inspired Them

by Julian Lovelock

Who were Shakespeare's 'Friend' and the 'Dark Lady'? Why did Donne risk his life and ruin his career for a seventeen-year-old girl? Why did Wordsworth's sister retire to her bed on his wedding day? Writing never takes place in a vacuum and much of the finest poetry in the English language has been inspired by particular people - patrons, spouses, lovers, friends, or just casual acquaintances. Whether relegated to an obscurity they do not deserve or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718897242
• ISBN13: 9780718897246
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.