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The Fire of Joy Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud

Hardcover • 2020 • English

The Fire of Joy Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud

By Clive James

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About the book

Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each.The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019. It takes its title from the French expression Feu de Joie, which refers to a military celebration when all the riflemen of a regiment fire one shot after another in a wave of continuous sound: it is a reminder that the regiment's collective power relies on the individual, and vice versa. In t...Show more

Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Poetry by form

Book details

ISBN

9781529042085

Publisher

Picador

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

The Fire of Joy Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud

Format

Hardcover

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