A Sunday Times / Mail on Sunday Book of the Year As a poet, visual artist and essayist, David Jones is one of the great Modernists. The variety of his gifts reminds us of Blake - though he is a better poet and a greater all-round artist. Jones was an extraordinary engraver, painter and creator of painted inscriptions, but he also belongs in the first rank of twentieth-century poets. Though he was admired by some of the finest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that ...
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A Sunday Times / Mail on Sunday Book of the Year As a poet, visual artist and essayist, David Jones is one of the great Modernists. The variety of his gifts reminds us of Blake - though he is a better poet and a greater all-round artist. Jones was an extraordinary engraver, painter and creator of painted inscriptions, but he also belongs in the first rank of twentieth-century poets. Though he was admired by some of the finest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that Eliot, Beckett or Joyce have been. His work was occasionally as difficult as theirs, but it is just as rewarding - and more various. He is overlooked because his best writing is imbedded in two book-length prose-poems - In Parenthesis and The Anathemata, making it difficult to anthologise; the work is informed by his Catholic faith and so may feel unfashionable in this secular age; he was a shy, reclusive man, psychologically damaged by his time in the trenches, and loathed any kind of self-promotion. Mostly, though, he was a complete and original poet-artist - sui generis, impossible to pigeon-hole - and that has led to the neglect of David Jones: a true genius and the great lost Modernist.
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First edition first impresson 2017. xi+432 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Boards. Near fine in dustjacket with "As read on Radio 4" sticker to front cover. As a poet, visual artist and essayist, David Jones is one of the great Modernists. The variety of his gifts reminds us of Blake – though he is a better poet and a greater all-round artist. Jones was an extraordinary engraver, painter and creator of painted inscriptions, but he also belongs in the first rank of twentieth-century poets. Though he was admired by some of the finest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that Eliot, Beckett or Joyce have been. His work was occasionally as difficult as theirs, but it is just as rewarding – and more various. He is overlooked because his best writing is imbedded in two book-length prose-poems – In Parenthesis and The Anathemata, making it difficult to anthologise; the work is informed by his Catholic faith and so may feel unfashionable in this secular age; he was a shy, reclusive man, psychologically damaged by his time in the trenches, and loathed any kind of self-promotion. Mostly, though, he was a complete and original poet-artist – sui generis, impossible to pigeon-hole – and that has led to the neglect of David Jones: a true genius and the great lost Modernist. We are specialists in Artists Monographs, Catalogues and Illustrated items. All items are as described and dispatched within 24 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 40 years experience, you may order with confidence. Other titles by this artist maybe in stock, please ask for our list or link.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 7x1x9; The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard cover in dust jacket. only minor signs of handling to very small places of exterior. clean. no markings. no chips, clips. tight binding.; xii-432pp., illustrated throughout text in color, b/w.
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VG/VG. Minor edgewear, one dog-eared page, otherwise book is in great condition. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Black dust jacket with peach and red lettering, BW illustration. 432 pp. At least 176 illustrations in BW and color. A Sunday Times / Mail on Sunday Book of the Year. As a poet, visual artist and essayist, David Jones is one of the great Modernists. Mostly, though, he was a complete and original poet-artist-sui generis, impossible to pigeon-hole-and that has led to the neglect of David Jones: a true genius and the great lost Modernist. --WorldCat.
