Anne Stevenson, Poems 1955-2005

Ian Gordon (Anglia Ruskin University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2005

Places

United Kingdom (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

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Poems 1955-2005

is the third overall collection of Stevenson’s work, following on from her

Selected Poems 1956-1986

and

The Collected Poems of Anne Stevenson 1955-1995

, both of which it replaces. The major difference from the two previous collections, apart from the additional ten years coverage, is that, where in the earlier volumes Stevenson had arranged the poems chronologically, according to date of publication, she has arranged them thematically in the present collection.

Poems 1955-2005

is an extensive volume of over four hundred pages, containing more than three hundred of the six hundred plus poems she has written. It is the most complete edition of Stevenson’s work currently available.

The volume is dedicated to Stevenson’s husband, Peter Lucas, and prefaced with her dream

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Citation: Gordon, Ian. "Poems 1955-2005". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 March 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=31617, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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