Autumn Journal
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (893 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571234380 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His first book of poems, Blind Fireworks, appeared in 1929, and he subsequently worked as a translator, literary critic, playwright, BBC producer and autobiographer. Louis MacNeice was born in Belfast in 1907. . The Burning Perch, his last volume of poems, appeared shortly before his death in 1963
Highly recommend, even for those who don't normally read poetry Melissa W. Cofield I was actually introduced to Louis MacNeice through Rosamund Pilcher's phenomenal novel The Shell Seekers, and bought Autumn Journal despite not being a huge fan of poetry. MacNeice's work is nothing short of beautiful, and perfectly captures the season decades after he first wrote it.. I was not disappointed. MacNeice captures all the deep pathos of war-time Anahita I confess to being completely unaware of MacNeice's work until I read Rosamund Pilcher's The Shell Seekers. The poem that was quoted there was so moving, so lyrical, that I wanted to read more, and when I purchased this book, I was not disappointed. MacNeice captures all the deep pathos of war-time England and the profundity of human emotion in a way that singsquietly. There is no accounting for taste, as the saying goes, but for one who loves. Quite possibly the greatest volume of poetry of the 1930s. Mr. A. D. R. Hoyle The autumn in question is 1938 - a dramatic end of an increasingly tense year. For Louis Macneice 1938 was an artistic 'annus mirabilis' in terms of both the quantity and quality of his writing ('The Earth Compels' is a superb volume of poems & stands very well alongside this book; then there are two prose volumes: 'Zoo' - nothing major, but a most enjoyable book about London Zoo; finally there is joint effort with Auden - 'Voyage to Iceland')
He tolls the knell of the political thirties with melancholy triumph.' Cyril Connolly" . "'He completely seizes the atmosphere of the year of Munich
Written between August and December 1938, "Autumn Journal" is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer. It is a record of the author's emotional and intellectual experience during those months, the trivia of everyday living set against the events of the world outside, the settlement in Munich and slow defeat in Spain.