{"product_id":"fleur-adcock-collected-poems-9781780376837","title":"Fleur Adcock: Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFleur Adcock is one of Britain's most accomplished poets, unmasking the deceptions of love and unravelling family lives through her poised, ironic poems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first complete edition of her poetry is published on her 90th birthday, and updates her earlier retrospective, \u003ci\u003ePoems 1960-2000\u003c\/i\u003e, with five later collections published by Bloodaxe, along with 20 new poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in New Zealand, Fleur Adcock has explored questions of identity and rootedness throughout her work, both in relation to her personal allegiances to her native and adopted countries as well as her family history, whose long-dead characters she brings to life. She has also written movingly of birth, death and bereavement, and has tackled political issues with honest indignation and caustic wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll her most celebrated poems are here, from the highly entertaining 'Against Coupling', 'Smokers For Celibacy' and 'The Prize-Winning Poem' to modern classics such as 'The Ex-Queen Among the Astronomers' and 'Things'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fleur Adcock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780376837","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43088735862921,"sku":"9781780376837","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_41325f9e-4e5c-4ca3-a519-35bf186d4292.jpg?v=1730182687","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/fleur-adcock-collected-poems-9781780376837","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}