Craig Raine's first collection, "The Onion, Memory" (1977), could be said to have changed the landscape of contemporary British poetry. This, together with his second, "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" (1978) established Raine as the founder of the 'Martian' school where the poet forces us to see the most commonplace objects as miraculous. Raine presented a wholly original view of the modern world further broadened by publicaton of "Rich" (1984) and his epic verse novel, " History: the Home Movie" (1994) where the poet ...
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Craig Raine's first collection, "The Onion, Memory" (1977), could be said to have changed the landscape of contemporary British poetry. This, together with his second, "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" (1978) established Raine as the founder of the 'Martian' school where the poet forces us to see the most commonplace objects as miraculous. Raine presented a wholly original view of the modern world further broadened by publicaton of "Rich" (1984) and his epic verse novel, " History: the Home Movie" (1994) where the poet illuminates the details of daily lives. This was followed by "Clay. Whereabouts Unknown" in 1996. " " "The Collected Poems" confirms Raine as one of the most influential poets to have emerged in Britain since the war.
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Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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Physical description; xvi, 651 p.; 20 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; English poetry 20th century. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 5x2x9; D/J a little marked with light rubbing to extremities. Some spotting to page edges. Signed copy label to front D/J. Signed by Raine on title page.
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