101 Letters

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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This selection of Middleton’s letters offers a new beginning point for readers of this dazzling, many-talented writer. The first letter here dates from 1936, the last from 2015, and this selection charts a life lived to the full as the poet reports on his work, his writing life and his continuous transatlantic engagement with the poets and critics of his generation.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-30
Mått135 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagCarcanet Press Ltd
ISBN9781800175679

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Christopher Middleton (1926-2015) was born in Truro, Cornwall. He studied at Merton College, Oxford, before teaching at the University of Zurich, at King’s College, London, and as Professor of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas, Austin. He published translations of Robert Walser, Nietzsche, Holderlin, Goethe, Gert Hofmann and many others. Carcanet have published his poetry, prose and translations since 1975. His books include Selected Writings (1989), Faint Harps and Silver Voices: Translations (2000), The Word Pavilion (2001), Collected Poems (2008) and Collected Later Poems (2014).John Clegg works as a bookseller in London. In 2013 he was awarded an Eric Gregory Prize. His second collection, Holy Toledo! (2016), was shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize.