Jon Silkin Complete Poems

Description

The Complete Poems of Jon Silkin brings together the published and previously unpublished work of one of the most significant poets of the late twentieth century, founding editor of Stand and of the Northern House imprint. As well as reprinting all the poems included in Silkin's books (published between 1950 and 2002), it includes previously uncollected poems and work transcribed from manuscripts. The Complete Poems demands a new perception of Silkin's language and his concerns, the breadth of his passionately humane response to war and the Holocaust, and his scrutiny of humanity alongside nature. -- from back cover.