The Mersey Sound

Download or read book Collected Poems written by Roger McGough and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-11-25 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger McGough is one of Britain's best loved poets and this collection 'charts [his] passage from youthful exuberance to the wry reflection of his later years. What remains the same throughout the 40 years is the poet's winning wit, accessibility and abiding readability' Independent ---------------------------------- 'Time has confirmed ... that McGough's talent was much more substantial than many of his long-forgotten detractors suspected. If he was a pop poet it was not in any ephemeral sense. A shy extrovert ... he has given voice to poetry and found a voice of his own which is humourful, introspective, irreverent, easy on the ear, conversational. It is also memorable and enduring and fresh. Age has not withered [his lines] nor diminished their potency. Of how much modern poetry can you say that?' Sunday Herald

Download or read book The Mersey Sound written by Anthony Grant and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest publication from Open House Press represents the first major book on Liverpool's English. It brings together a set of fascinating insights into the areas history, its place names and the contexts for the development of that well-known variety of English, Scouse. Contributors to the volume are all linguists based in or connected with the Liverpool region, and the chapters together represent the state of current scientific research into Merseyside's language.

Download or read book A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960 - 2015 written by Wolfgang Gortschacher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and scholarly review of contemporary British and Irish Poetry With contributions from noted scholars in the field, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015 offers a collection of writings from a diverse group of experts. They explore the richness of individual poets, genres, forms, techniques, traditions, concerns, and institutions that comprise these two distinct but interrelated national poetries. Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companion to Literature and Culture series, this book contains a comprehensive survey of the most important contemporary Irish and British poetry. The contributors provide new perspectives and positions on the topic. This important book: Explores the institutions, histories, and receptions of contemporary Irish and British poetry Contains contributions from leading scholars of British and Irish poetry Includes an analysis of the most prominent Irish and British poets Puts contemporary Irish and British poetry in context Written for students and academics of contemporary poetry, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015 offers a comprehensive review of contemporary poetry from a wide range of diverse contributors.

Download or read book Summer with Monika written by Roger McGough and published by Viking. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer with Monika is an honest and touching portrait of a romance, charting the progress of a love affair from the delicious intimacy of the honeymoon, with the milk bottles turning to cheese on the doorstep, through the stage of quarrels, jealousy, recriminations and boredom, to the point where love is as nice as a cup of tea in bed. Re-issued for its 50th anniversary, Summer with Monika is a hidden gem of British love poetry featuring beautiful illustrations from Children's Laureate Chris Riddell.

Download or read book Gladsongs and Gatherings written by Stephen Wade and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of essays, interviews and poetry compares and contrasts the work of people such as Adrian Henri and Roger McGough with the new crop of Liverpool poets such as Matt Simpson and Deryn Rees-Jones.

Download or read book The State of Poetry written by Roger McGough and published by Penguin Hardcover. This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. published in 1967 and a bestseller ever since. Over the years, McGough has continued to delight readers with his short, playful and comic verses, and in The State of Poetry he displays the range and the wit that continues to make him one of the leading lights of British poetry.

Download or read book Staying Alive written by Neil Astley and published by Miramax. This book was released on 2003 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A phenomenon in Britain, this passionate collection of 500 contemporary poems has tremendous appeal for poetry lovers and novices alike.