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New Collected PoemsSylvia Townsend WarnerEdited by Claire Harman10% off
Categories: 20th Century, LGBTQ+, War writings, Women
Imprint: Fyfield Books Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (408 pages) (Pub. Mar 2008) 9781857549478 £25.00 £22.50
I always fold my gloves, place them palm to palm,
As if in them dwelt the ghosts of your hand and my hand. Ten years ago you wrote that, and the one rhyme was calm, And the other rhyme was understand. from 'I always fold my gloves...'
The first Collected Poems of Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was published by Carcanet in 1982. Since then, more of her work has come to light, including some of the most moving and personal poems she ever wrote. Claire Harman, the original editor and author of the prize-winning biography of the poet, has substantially revised the earlier edition, including over ninety previously uncollected and unpublished poems, with expanded notes, a chronology and an authoritative new introduction.
When Harman's Life was published, it restored Warner, one critic said, to her real place as 'second only to Virginia Woolf among the women writers of our century'. With this collection, the extent of Warner's achievement as a poet can be appreciated.
Awards won by Claire Harman
Short-listed, 2001 Whitbread Award
Winner, 1990 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
'This marvellous book has exceeded my expectations, which were very high indeed...it displays admirable craftsmanship, a subtle, musical ear, and immense variety.'
John Mole, South West Review
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