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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Add this copy of Collected Poems 1978-1998 to cart. $59.95, very good condition, Sold by loudavis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Barrington, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Picador USA.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. No markings. Binding tight. Minor wear along the top edge of the jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 100 p. Audience: General/trade.
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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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