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by: Stevie Smith See Larger Image List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $14.96 You Save: $4.99 (25%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 821.912 EAN: 9780811208826 ISBN: 0811208826 Label: New Directions Publishing Corporation Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 591 Publication Date: 1983-10 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Sales Rank: 320989 Studio: New Directions Publishing Corporation Related Items: New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith Collected Poems Novel on Yellow Paper, Or, Work It Out for Yourself (New Directions Paperbook, No 778) Stevie Smith: A Biography The Holiday (Virago Modern Classics) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A great, underappreciated poet Despite all the talk about poetry being dead during the twentieth century, it was the most prolific century for poets in modern history. The English language in particular experienced a proliferation of new and original poets. Stevie Smith was, unfortunately, one of those lesser known British poets who never achieved the fame in America she had in Europe. She was not by far the greatest poet of the century; she couldn't best Pound, Eliot, Ginsberg, Berryman, Stevens, etc. However, when one reads ... Read More Rating: - A must-have collection by a unique voice. Stevie Smith lived with her maiden aunt in suburban London for most of her life. She dwelled on themes of death and alienation, attempted suicide, socialized with literary intelligentsia, made records and television appearances to read her poems, then died quietly after receiving the Queen's Medal for Poetry. She also represents one of the keenest, most individual voices in modern poetry. "NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING" and "TENDER ONLY TO ONE" are classics, and this wonderful volume also features a large ... Read More

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