Sea Fever: Selected Poems of John Masefield

John Masefield

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Tales of tall ships in exotic seas and of Arthurian England compete for attention with rural English ballads and mythological narratives in this collection of poetry from one of England's great storytellers. Some of John Masefield's best known poems are included, such as "Sea-Fever," and "Cargoes," along with previously uncollected rarities. Many of the poems reveal Masefield's fascination with the lives of seafarers and lowly farm workers and contribute to a charming and quixotic image of English history.

Book Details

Publisher: Carcanet Press
Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2005
Pages: 259
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.52in - 5.58in - 0.81in - 0.79lb
EAN: 9781857547627
Categories: • European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

About the Author

John Masefield is considered one of England's most gifted storytellers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Philip Errington is an antiquarian book expert at Sotheby's Auction House in London. He is the editor of The Journal of the John Masefield Society.

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John Ashton ( you, us, I)

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Independent Consultant,Writer,Inconvenient Witness and Commentator. Middle of the Road Radical. Views my own but shared by many 👍

Sea-Fever by John Masefield | Poetry Foundation https://t.co/IeknckT4QQ

Biologist, broadcaster, author. SciComm, Conservation Sci. Deadly Balance https://t.co/hJV8lR7pSU… #tweetdelete Views my own. Not a work account.

Poets often shouldn't read their own work...discuss. Here is John Masefield making a pig's ear from the silk purse that is Sea Fever https://t.co/dEx8Rv7Hpz

Jude Hopkins. Novel "Babe in the Woods" available now. Essays in Los Angeles Times, The Belladonna, other places, other times. https://t.co/rVDSC0Ufiy

We ought not to assume things, esp. re: prim-looking Victorians and Edwardians. John Masefield, somewhat forgotten English poet, wrote in "Sea-Fever," "I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life ...." One never knows, does one? Happy 145th birthday, Johnny boy. https://t.co/e0fZrl4eAM

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Praise for this book

"Sea Fever restores the great storyteller to his rightful place in the history of modern English verse." --The Guardian

What people are saying

John Ashton ( you, us, I)

@Johnrashton47

1 year

Independent Consultant,Writer,Inconvenient Witness and Commentator. Middle of the Road Radical. Views my own but shared by many 👍

Sea-Fever by John Masefield | Poetry Foundation https://t.co/IeknckT4QQ

Biologist, broadcaster, author. SciComm, Conservation Sci. Deadly Balance https://t.co/hJV8lR7pSU… #tweetdelete Views my own. Not a work account.

Poets often shouldn't read their own work...discuss. Here is John Masefield making a pig's ear from the silk purse that is Sea Fever https://t.co/dEx8Rv7Hpz

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