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James Fenton

James Fenton was born in Lincoln, England, in 1949. His volumes of poetry include Terminal Moraine, The Memory of War, Children in Exile, and Out of Danger. He was Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1994 to 1999.

Works

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Selected Poems

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Listen to what they did. Don’t listen to what they said. What was written in blood Has been set up in lead. —from “Blood and Lead” The leading poet of...
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A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

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"An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject." --Alexander Urquhart, The Times...
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An Introduction to English Poetry

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A wise, absorbing, and surprising introduction to poetry written in English, from one of England's leading poets James Fenton is that rare scholar "not...
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The Love Bomb
And Other Musical Pieces

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Three Libretti—Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic London—From An Acclaimed Poet This volume of libretti marks new...
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The Strength of Poetry
Oxford Lectures

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Sharp-eyed critiques and appreciations of the essential poets of our time. James Fenton is unique among contemporary writers in having achieved equal...
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Out of Danger
Poems

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Out of Danger (1994) was Fenton's first collection of poems in ten years, and the poems in it renew and amplify the qualities of unflinching observation and...
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Children in Exile
Poems 1968-1984

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Fenton's work is elegant, highly finished, reticent, witty. Disturbing and deeply affecting, Children in Exile remains an exhilarating and memorable...

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'Jerusalem'

Listen to James Fenton read 'Jerusalem,' recorded at Farrar, Straus and Giroux's 50th anniversary party in 1996.

Duration: 03:17
'The Milkfish Gatherers'

Listen to James Fenton read the poem 'The Mildfish Gatherers' at Farrar, Straus and Giroux's 50th anniversary party in 1996.

Duration: 04:15
James Fenton
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Bestseller

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Selected Poems

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Listen to what they did. Don’t listen to what they said. What was written in blood Has been set up in lead. —from “Blood and Lead” The leading poet of...
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