{"product_id":"selected-poems-9780374260651","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eListen to what they did.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't listen to what they said.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat was written in blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHas been set up in lead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Blood and Lead\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe leading poet of his generation, James Fenton has over the course of his career built a body of work breathtaking in its range and sensibility. From the passionate political poems that launched him into fame to the intimate illuminations of love--and loss of love--in his later work, Fenton's poetry has always been marked by formal daring, wit, and an abiding empathy for the victims of war and political oppression. With selections from all of his published work since \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of War\u003c\/i\u003e, the entire text of his libretto \u003ci\u003eThe Love Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, and new, previously uncollected poems, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003eis an imaginative and formal tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Fenton \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Lincoln, England, in 1949. His volumes of poetry include \u003ci\u003eTerminal Moraine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChildren in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOut of Danger\u003c\/i\u003e. He was Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1994 to 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410759553298,"sku":"9780374260651","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5457b830-5859-45c1-86c7-a30c9706e310.jpg?v=1729307021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-poems-9780374260651","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}