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Vernon Scannell (1922–2007)

Auteur de How to Enjoy Poetry

33+ oeuvres 127 utilisateurs 4 critiques

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Comprend les noms: V. Scannell

Œuvres de Vernon Scannell

How to Enjoy Poetry (1788) 18 exemplaires
How to Enjoy Novels (1984) 10 exemplaires
The Very Best of Vernon Scannell (2001) 7 exemplaires
New and Collected Poems, 1950-80 (1980) 6 exemplaires
Drums of Morning (1992) 5 exemplaires
Selected Poems (1971) 4 exemplaires
Collected Poems 1950–1993 (1998) 4 exemplaires
The Winter Man (1973) 4 exemplaires
Ring of Truth (1988) 4 exemplaires
The clever potato (1988) 3 exemplaires
Edward Thomas (1963) 3 exemplaires
Funeral Games and Other Poems (1987) 3 exemplaires
The loving game : poems (1975) 3 exemplaires
Feminine Endings (2000) 3 exemplaires
Epithets of War: Poems 1965-1969 (1969) 2 exemplaires
The Dangerous Ones (1970) 2 exemplaires
The big time (1965) 2 exemplaires
The Dividing Night 1 exemplaire
A PROPER GENTLEMAN (1977) 1 exemplaire
A sense of danger 1 exemplaire
The Black and White Days: Poems (1996) 1 exemplaire
Views and Distances (2000) 1 exemplaire
Horizons (1971) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Walking Wounded: Poems 1962-5 (1965) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The State of the Language [1980] (1980) — Contributeur — 82 exemplaires
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 9, May 1977 (1977) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1922-01-23
Date de décès
2007-11-16
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK

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Very interesting, fictitious account of a week's poetry course, with two tutors championing opposite schools of poetry, one (clearly identified with Scannell himself) in favour of classical structure and themes, the other a parody of the Mersey School enthusiasts. Includes comments on and quotations from real poets.
 
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KayCliff | May 16, 2014 |
Memoir / autobiography is my favourite genre, but I couldn't finish this book.
 
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muumi | 1 autre critique | Dec 17, 2012 |
This is a large collection of war poetry book.
Out over control. when point in time at which something must be completed,angrily or disruptively,God supernatural being his worshipped as controlling, after the a loss of King of Macedon widely naturalized in ; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;serious disruption, of organization in some system,and, unexpectedly death,all derive in benefit from a planned an elaborate funeral, whose nature is unknown another conspiracy theory...determine dating back to Alexander the Great ...Who/What killed Alexander the Great ,Someone who administers the rules of a game,Funeral Games and other poems,that tracing the history of the Great Conspiracy,I remendided myself about ,the devoted to the study of UFOs,Alexander decided to invade India, miraculously, or rare, but unusually strong,was attempting to cross the river Indus to engage the Indian army when "gleaming silver shields" swooped down and made several passes over the battle.… (plus d'informations)
 
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tonynetone | Aug 24, 2010 |
With this book Vernon Scannell completes his autobiographical trilogy, recalling his childhood and early manhood, culminating in his joining the army in 1940. Here he explores the relationship between himself, his siblings and his sadistic and probably psychotic father, set against the backdrop of pre-war Britain.
A British poet and author. He was at one time a professional boxer, and has written novels about boxing.
He was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, and brought up principally in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He left school at 14. During World War II he served in the British Army in the Gordon Highlanders, in France and North Africa. He was imprisoned for desertion, took part in the Normandy landings and was wounded, and once more deserted after VE Day. He wrote about these experiences in An Argument of Kings (1987). He subsequently worked as a boxer, and later studied at the University of Leeds, encountering Bonamy Dobrée and G. Wilson Knight. He was arrested as a deserter in 1947, and sent to a mental hospital. He returned to Leeds in 1948, and put together a first poetry collection, published by the Fortune Press. He subsequently worked as teacher and for BBC Radio, while developing his range as a writer.… (plus d'informations)
 
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McDonaldTait | 1 autre critique | Apr 6, 2007 |

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Œuvres
33
Aussi par
3
Membres
127
Popularité
#158,248
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
4
ISBN
50

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