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Five Ages

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Hardback (56 pages)

(Pub. Jun 1978)

9780856460364

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Peter Levi’s first book since Collected Poems 1955–1975 contains his poems written between spring 1975 and winter 1977. Of his Collected Poems 1955–1975, John Heath-Stubbs wrote in The Tablet: ‘His is certainly one of the most authentic and original, perhaps one of the few major talents of his generation.’

Peter Levi (1931–2000) was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 1984. Until 1977 he was a Jesuit priest. He was a classicist whose writing includes three uncategorizable books – on modern Greece, Afghanistan, and the English landscape – as well as translations, critical and scholarly works, a thriller and ... read more

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Five Ages Peter Levi Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Hardback (56 pages) (Pub. Jun 1978) 9780856460364 Out of Stock Description Author Peter Levi’s first book since Collected Poems 1955–1975 contains his poems written between spring 1975 and winter 1977. Of his Collected Poems 1955–1975, John Heath-Stubbs wrote in The Tablet: ‘His is certainly one of the most authentic and original, perhaps one of the few major talents of his generation.’ Peter Levi (1931–2000) was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 1984. Until 1977 he was a Jesuit priest. He was a classicist whose writing includes three uncategorizable books – on modern Greece, Afghanistan, and the English landscape – as well as translations, critical and scholarly works, a thriller and ... read more	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog We've Moved! read more Books of the Year read more One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more
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