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poetry of Norman Cameron (1905-1953) has given delight without
exception. Auden, who anthologised him while they were both
still at Oxford, thought him the best poet of his generation.
He never changed his mind. Though sometimes thought of as "school
of Robert Graves", Cameron had in fact - as his close friend
Graves was always eager to point out - formed his unique style
long before he met Graves. He has for long been a pervasive
influence on modern English poetry, and yet until now there
has been no biography. |
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the American poet and critic Warren Hope has provided what will
prove to be the definitive account. |
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critical biography is based on exhaustive interviews with everyone
Cameron knew: James Reeves, Tosco Fyvel, Geoffrey Grigson. Martin
Seymour-Smith, John Aldridge, Cameron's widow, and many more. |
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told for the first time is the story of Cameron's troubled life:
his relationships with Robert Graves, with the truly fearsome
Laura Riding, with Dylan Thomas, and others. |
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is an indispensable book about an important poet. |
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MARTIN
SEYMOUR-SMITH |
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