Wainewright the Poisoner - Softcover
The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness.
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Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009; he is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and co-founder of the online Poetry Archive. He has received numerous awards for his poetry, and has published four celebrated biographies. His group study The Lamberts won the Somerset Maugham Award and his authorised life of Philip Larkin won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Andrew Motion's novella The Invention of Dr Cake (2003) was described as 'amazingly clever' by the Irish Times and praised for 'brilliant and almost hallucinatory vividness' by the Sunday Telegraph. His memoir, In the Blood (2006), was described as 'the most moving and exquisitely written account of childhood loss I have ever read' in the Independent on Sunday. His most recent collection of poems is The Customs House (2012). Andrew Motion was knighted for his services to poetry in 2009. In 2014 he received the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award.
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- PublisherGardners Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0571205461
- ISBN 13 9780571205462
- BindingPaperback
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Thomas Griffiths Wainewright was the toast of the Romantic world. An artist, poet and writer, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, painted Byron's portrait and gave lavish dinner parties for the likes of Blake, Lamb and Fuseli. He was universally known for his kindness and good nature - until three of his relatives died in suspiciously similar circumstances. He was good friends with Henry Fuseli, William Blake and Charles Lamb, and knew John Clare, William Hazlitt, Thomas de Quincey and John Keats. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571205462
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Book Description Condition: New. The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290. 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780571205462
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. He was good friends with Henry Fuseli, William Blake and Charles Lamb, and knew John Clare, William Hazlitt, Thomas de Quincey and John Keats. Seller Inventory # B9780571205462
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