Reading Walter de la Mare

Title: Reading Walter de la Mare Author: Walter de la Mare ISBN: 9780571347131 Publisher: Faber & Faber Published: 2021 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: 1 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A selection of Walter de la Mare's greatest poems presented alongside insightful, reader-friendly commentaries. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. This volume presents a new selection of de la Mare's finest poems, including perennial favourites such as Napoleon, Fare Well and The Listeners, for a twenty-first-century audience. The poems are accompanied by commentaries by William Wootten, which build up a portrait of de la Mare's life, loves and friendships with the likes of Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas and Katherine Mansfield. They also point out the fascinating references to literature