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When Stevie Smith died in 1971 she was one of the twentieth-century's most popular poets; many of her poems have been widely anthologised, and 'Not Waving but Drowning' remains one of the nation's favourite poems to this day.

Satirical, mischievous, teasing, disarming, her characteristically lightning-fast changes in tone take readers from comedy to tragedy and back again, while her line drawings are by turns unsettling and beguiling. In this wholly new edition of her work, Smith scholar Will May collects together the illustrations and poems from her original published volumes for the first time, recording fascinating details about their provenance, and describing the various versions Smith presented both on stage and page. Including over 500 works from Smith's 35-year career, The Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith is the essential edition of modern poetry's most distinctive voice.

I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

- 'Not Waving but Drowning'

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Faber & Faber
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15 October 2015
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Stevie Smith (1902-71) lived in Palmers Green, London, and for much of her life worked as a secretary for the magazine publishers Sir George Newnes and Sir Neville Pearson. Her first book, Novel on Yellow Paper, appeared in 1936, and her final collection of poems, Scorpion, was published posthumously in 1972. In 1966 she received a Cholmondeley Award and in 1969 was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010KNF6G4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber; Main edition (15 October 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 27076 KB
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Rik

Fascinating.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2021

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A really good read, with so many straightforward poems to like, and others, more complex, to ponder on.

twee

I have long enjoyed ths limited selection of her poems that I have ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2016

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I have long enjoyed ths limited selection of her poems that I have had for many decades. The fuller-complete?- collection,illustrated , has proved an even greater joy.....

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Mr. R. S. Smith

Wonderful poetry and illustrations by Stevie Smith

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2016

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A volume of wonderful poetry and illustrations, combining delicate humour with a sense of vulnerability and sadness.

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Gaynor Renwick

The collection to have!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2016

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If you want to thoroughly get to know Stevie Smith's poetry and the accompanying sketches this is the book for you.

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