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Geoffrey Grigson

    2 mars 1905 – 25 novembre 1985

    Geoffrey Grigson s'est d'abord imposé dans les années 1930 comme poète, puis comme rédacteur influent d'une revue de poésie. Enseignant, journaliste et animateur de radio, il est devenu un critique et un commentateur reconnu, notamment pour The New York Review of Books. Son œuvre considérable couvrait la poésie, les récits de voyage, la critique d'art et des études sur la campagne anglaise et la botanique. Grigson était également réputé pour ses anthologies inventives et novatrices, qui ont profondément marqué le paysage littéraire.

    Flowers of the Meadow
    The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse
    The Faber Book of Love Poems
    The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse
    The Shell Country Alphabet
    An English Farmhouse
    • An English Farmhouse

      • 168pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,3(4)Évaluer

      Originally published in 1948, An English Farmhouse is Geoffrey Grigson's careful survey of the old English farmhouse and its associated buildings. Grigson paints a vivid picture of rural life in the preceding centuries, and creates a delicate weave of social history.

      An English Farmhouse
    • When is the best time to spot a shooting star or a glow worm? Where does a 'ha-ha' get its name? From weathercocks to rainbows, place names and poets to mazes, dene-holes, crypts and sham ruins, this book can help you look beyond the familiar sights of our landscape and discover the hidden, magical world that remains, just off the motorway.

      The Shell Country Alphabet
    • The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      4,0(20)Évaluer

      The English writers in which the author has included (among many anonymous contributions) range from Skelton through Peacock and Lear to Stevie Smith; from Europe come Rabelais, Christian Morgenstern, Hans Arp and Robert Desnos. But, as Mr. Grigson points out, it is inappropriate to be too serious or too solemn about writing which aims to poke fun and give pleasure.

      The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse
    • The Faber Book of Love Poems

      • 410pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Geoffrey Grigson was arguably the century's greatest poetry anthologist - a man whose breadth of reading was equalled only by his infallible taste. To every anthology, Grigson brought his habitual enthusiasm and his flair for the recondite. The Faber Book of Love Poems is no exception - a task undertaken con amore by a well-furnished mind and an experienced heart.

      The Faber Book of Love Poems
    • The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse

      • 454pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      This varied collection of satirical verse contains 232 selections by writers from John Skelton and John Donne to Louis MacNeice and Clive James. Grigson--a well-known poet and critic--has chosen verse by such master satirists as John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Charles Churchill, and Lord Byron, and has included such classics as "Mac Flecknoe" and "Beppo."

      The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse
    • Flowers of the Meadow

      • 66pages
      • 3 heures de lecture

      This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

      Flowers of the Meadow
    • Aphrodite, die Göttin der Lust und der Liebe, hat seit Jahrtausenden die Phantasie der Liebenden, der Dichter und Künstler bewegt. „Hinter ihr, die rasch dahinschritt durch die jungen Ufer, erhoben sich die Blumen und Halme, warm, verwirrt, wie aus Umarmung“ schrieb Rainer Maria Rilke. Der englische Poet Geoffery Grigson hat die Spuren der Göttin verfolgt. Er fand die felsige Küste, wo sie „schaumgeboren“ an Land stieg, und die Anemonen, die sich vom Blut ihres Liebhabers rot färbten. Er besuchte ihre Tempel auf Zypern und ihre Statuen in den Museen Griechenlands, Italiens und der Türkei. Er erzählt, wie die babylonische Ischtar zur schlanken Aphrodite der Griechen und Venus der Römer heranwuchs, wie sie im Mittelalter das Opfer der Intoleranz wurde und in der Renaissance zu neuem Leben erwachte. Er deutet die Symbole und Zeichen, die sie begleiten, und beleuchtet auch die prosaischen Seiten der Göttin, die Organisation ihres Kults und die Rolle der Tempeldienerinnen. Eine ungewöhnliche Biographie voll Geist und Witz, beschwingter Erzählfreude und detektivischem Spürsinn. Illustriert mit großen Zeugnissen der Literatur und der bildenen Kunst, Gedichten und Gemälden, welche die Schönheit der Göttin zeitlos offenbaren.

      Aphrodite