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David Gascoyne Reading From His Poems
| Author |
David Gascoyne |
| Price |
£12.99 <convert> |
| Biblio |
1905556071;
pp. 0 |
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| Binding |
CD |
| Published |
January 2009 |
| Publisher |
The Poetry Archive |
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| Hear this poet read at the Poetry Archive website |
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| David Gascoyne (1916-2001) was born in Harrow, the son of a bank manager, and educated at Salisbury Cathedral School. However, it didn't take the young Gascoyne long to leave this conservative background behind, publishing his first poetry collection at the precocious age of sixteen. An early trip to France in 1933 brought him into contact with the Surrealist movement which became a vital influence on his work. Friendships with Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, André Breton and Pierre Jean Jouve date from this period and Gascoyne became an important conduit for their ideas in Britain. However, publication of his third collection, Poems 1937-42, marked a shift in Gascoyne's work towards a more explicitly religious sensibility which led Breton to "excommunicate" him from the group. The post-war period proved difficult for Gascoyne, as his tendency to depression was exacerbated by amphetamine abuse resulting in periods of hospitalisation. However, his marriage in 1975 to Judy Lewis brought about a remarkable renaissance: he began writing poetry again and new editions of his earlier work brought him back to public attention. It's entirely fitting for a poet whose outlook was always international that, before he died, he was appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French government.
1 Ecce Homo 3.57
2 Winter Garden 0.56
3 I.M. Benjamin Fondane 1.12
4 Apologia 1.35
5 A Wartime Dawn 3.26
6 An Elegy 3.48
7 The Gravel-Pit Field 3.48
8 The Sacred Hearth 2.28
9 Lido Gala Fireworks 1.05
10 Evening Again 1.25
11 From Night Thoughts 5.38
12 Half-an-Hour 0.55
13 A Further Frontier 1.31
14 Snow in Europe 1.12
15 November in Devon 2.12
16 Prelude to a New Fin-de-Siècle 4.07
Total length of the recording 39.00
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