Product Description

The idea for this book - a new selection of her poems with notes - grew out of Wendy Cope's experience of meeting her audience, when reading her poems in schools. This is an edition of the poems which identifies the references, verse-forms, contexts and occasions of her work, and which offers readers a new arrangement of the poetry as a whole. The notes also identify dates of composition, so that it is possible observe the development of the work. As well as drawing on Wendy Cope's three published books, the selection also includes a significant number of poems collected or published for the first time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12790 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse.

Customer Reviews

A fabulous Collection
This is a fantastic selection of Wendy's poems - some from previous anthologies and some previously unpublished ones too (both old and new). A must have for anyone who hasn't read her fabulous poetry before and a great addition for fans with insights from Wendy about each poem in a reference at the rear.

Delightful!
This is a really delightful selection of poems: if you haven't read Wendy Cope before, get this!

Wonderful
Wonderful insight to detail of emotions and extraordinary observations of everyday happenings.As fab as Dorothy Parker and Stevie Smith.