Simply By Sailing In A New Direction: Allen Curnow: A Biography
by Terry Sturm /
2018 / English / EPUB
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Allen Curnow (1911–2001) was at the time of his death regarded as
one of the greatest of all poets writing in English. For seventy
years, from
Allen Curnow (1911–2001) was at the time of his death regarded as
one of the greatest of all poets writing in English. For seventy
years, fromValley of Decision
Valley of Decision (1933) to
(1933) toThe Bells of
Saint Babel’s
The Bells of
Saint Babel’s (2001), Curnow’s poetry was always on the move
– from his early approaches to New Zealand identity and myth to
later work concerned with the philosophical encounter between
word and world. Curnow also played a major role in New Zealand
life as editor, critic, commentator and anthologist, as well as a
much-loved writer of light verse under the penname of Whim Wham.
In his later years he acquired an impressive international
reputation, winning the Commonwealth Prize for Poetry and the
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Allen
Curnow revised, selected and collected his poetry in various
ways. For the first time, this collection brings together all of
the poems that Curnow collected in his lifetime grouped in their
original volumes. The notes reproduce Curnow’s comments on
individual poems and include relevant editorial guidance. This is
the definitive collection of work by New Zealand’s most
distinguished poet.
(2001), Curnow’s poetry was always on the move
– from his early approaches to New Zealand identity and myth to
later work concerned with the philosophical encounter between
word and world. Curnow also played a major role in New Zealand
life as editor, critic, commentator and anthologist, as well as a
much-loved writer of light verse under the penname of Whim Wham.
In his later years he acquired an impressive international
reputation, winning the Commonwealth Prize for Poetry and the
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Allen
Curnow revised, selected and collected his poetry in various
ways. For the first time, this collection brings together all of
the poems that Curnow collected in his lifetime grouped in their
original volumes. The notes reproduce Curnow’s comments on
individual poems and include relevant editorial guidance. This is
the definitive collection of work by New Zealand’s most
distinguished poet.