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Books by Fleur Adcock
  | | The Land Ballot by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloodaxe Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78037-147-4, ISBN: 1-78037-147-0 "A land ballot was the means by which Fleur Adcock's grandparents, immigrants from Manchester during World War I, were able to bid for a piece of native bush on the slopes of Mount Pirongia in the North Island of New Zealand. Their task was to turn this unpromising acreage into a dairy farm. This sequence of poems follows the course of their efforts and builds up a portrait of a small, isolated community." |
 | | Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2013 by Bloodaxe Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85224-973-1, ISBN: 1-85224-973-0 "Fleur Adcock's title refers to the transparent, glittering wings of some of the species - bees, mosquitoes, dragonflies - celebrated or lamented in a sequence of poems on encounters with arthropods, from the stick insects and crayfish of her native New Zealand to the clothes' moths that infest her London house. Other sections of the book include elegies for human beings and poems based on family wills from the 16th and 20th centuries, a ..." |
 | | Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2010 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85224-878-9, ISBN: 1-85224-878-5 "After the appearance of Fleur Adcock's Poems 1960-2000 she wrote no more poems for several years. This cessation coincided with - but was not entirely caused by - her giving up smoking. When poetry returned to her in 2003 it tended towards a sparer, more concentrated style. This new collection continues to reflect her preoccupations with family matters and with her ambivalent feelings about her native New Zealand. Her initial inspiratio ..." |
 | | Hoard by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78037-396-6, ISBN: 1-78037-396-1 "Brings together poems Fleur Adcock had to keep under wraps because they didn't suit the themes of her last two collections, The Land Ballot and Glass Wings. Here are reflections on the tools of her trade (handwriting, typewriters), snatches of autobiography (a brief, ill-considered second marriage followed by her migration from New Zealand to England in 1963), and poems on trees, wildlife and everyday objects. The most recent poems in t ..." |
 | | Poems 1960-2000 by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85224-530-6, ISBN: 1-85224-530-1 "Fleur Adcock is one of Britain's most accomplished poets. Her poised, ironic poems are tense and tightly controlled as well as shrewdly laconic, and often chilling as she unmasks the deceptions of love or unravels family lives. Disarmingly conversational in style, they are remarkable for their psychological insight and their unsentimental, mischievously casual view of personal relationships. Born in New Zealand, she has explored questio ..." |
 | | Hugh Primas and the Archpoet(1st Edition) (Cambridge Medieval Classics) by Fleur Adcock, Aurelianensis Hugo Primas Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-39583-0, ISBN: 0-521-39583-6 "Renowned poet Fleur Adcock here provides modern verse translations of the complete work of two of the most exciting poets of the twelfth century, Hugh Primas of Orleans and the so-called Archpoet, beside their Latin originals. Included are witty epigrams, treatments of classical themes, poems on religious and ecclesiastical topics, depictions of low life, begging-poems, and the Archpoet's famous Confession. The work is characterised by ..." |
 | | The Scenic Route by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 52 Pages, Published 1974 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-211843-1, ISBN: 0-19-211843-9 |
 | | Virgin and the Nightingale by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1983 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-906427-56-9, ISBN: 0-906427-56-8 "Wonderful verse translations of medieval Latin lyrics." |
 | | Time-Zones by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1991 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-282831-6, ISBN: 0-19-282831-2 |
 | | The Incident Book by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 1986 by Oxford Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-19-282029-7, ISBN: 0-19-282029-X "In her eagerly awaited new collection, Fleur Adcock writes of incidents ranging from childhood experiences and family events to premonitions of death under the shadow of nuclear war." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry by Fleur Adcock, Oxford Univ Pr Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1983 by Oxford Univ Pr (Txt) ISBN-13: 978-0-19-558092-1, ISBN: 0-19-558092-3 |
 | | The Oxford Book of Creatures(1st Edition) by Fleur Adcock, Jacqueline Simms Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1996 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214226-9, ISBN: 0-19-214226-7 "The animal kingdom has been celebrated in literature with an enthusiasm equalled only by our insatiable curiosity about the creatures with whom we share this planet. From Emily Dickinson's ode to the spider to Ogden Nash's musings on the lowly caterpillar, from Darwin's observations to Beatrix Potter's much-loved tales, we are enchanted by naturalists, explorers, philosophers, poets, and writers of all stripes. The Oxford Book of Creat ..." |
 | | Love Poet, Carpenter Michael Longley at Seventy by Robin Robertson, Fleur Adcock, Simon Armitage, Michael Allen Hardcover, 125 Pages, Published 2010 by Enitharmon Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-904634-90-4, ISBN: 1-904634-90-7 "Michael Longley once remarked, 'If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there'. In the forty years since his first book, "No Continuing City", Longley has shown he has been there, many times. This book is firstly a salute to a poet whose formal invention and lyrical depth are exemplary, but it is also an affectionate tribute by sixty writers, artists and friends to a man of great personal warmth and generosity - who has done so much for ..." |
 | | Looking Back(1st Edition) (The Oxford Poets) by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-288068-0, ISBN: 0-19-288068-3 "In the first part of this book, her first since Time Zones (OUP, 1991), poet Fleur Adcock looks at some of her ancestors, from relatively recent figures struggling with hardship and family tragedies in 19th-century Manchester, through rural lives in Midlands villages, to a few prominent heroes and villains in Elizabethan and medieval times. In the second section she returns to more contemporary subjects, such as sex and dreaming--famili ..." |
 | | Six Women Poets (Oxford Student Texts) by Judith Kinsman, Gillian Clarke, Liz Lochead, Fleur Adcock, Carol Rumens, Selima Hill, Grace Nichols Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1992 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-833181-0, ISBN: 0-19-833181-9 "Six Women Poets offers a selection of contemporary women's poetry from Gillian Clarke, Grace Nichols, Fleur Adcock, Carole Rumens, Selima Hill and Liz Lochhead. This edition, for students studying English Literature at Advanced Level or as part of a college course, contains over 80 poems. Each poet has written an introduction to her poetry, giving insights into the way she writes and reflecting on the cultural influences in her work. I ..." |
 | | Meeting the Comet (Bloodaxe Pamphlet Poets) by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 1988 by Learning Links ISBN-13: 978-1-85224-054-7, ISBN: 1-85224-054-7 "A long poem in twenty-four sections by one of Britain's leading poets." |
 | | Selected Poems(Reprint) by Fleur Adcock Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1983 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-211954-4, ISBN: 0-19-211954-0 "This volume includes a selection of early work from Fleur Adcock's first two collections together with a more substantial representation from the more recent collections all now unavailable. The 1979 pamphlet Below Loughrigg and twenty-six uncollected poems are also included." |
 | | Below Loughrigg by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 20 Pages, Published 1979 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-906427-02-6, ISBN: 0-906427-02-9 |
 | | The Inner Harbour(1st Edition) by Fleur Adcock Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1979 by Oxford Univ Pr (T) ISBN-13: 978-0-19-211888-2, ISBN: 0-19-211888-9 |
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