Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hopkins, David, 1948-
Title:
The story of poetry / David Hopkins and Tom Mason ; with wood engravings by Hilary Paynter.
Published / Created:
Bristol : Broadside Books, 1992

©1992.
Physical Description:
viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilary Paynter.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy signed by Hopkins, Mason, and Paynter. Bound in publisher's original gray boards; with illustrated dust jacket. In red slipcase together with a suite of 10 wood engravings.
Contents:
Book 1: the progress of poetry -- part 1: the story of art -- part 2: a history of poets. -- Book 2: the arts of poetry -- part 1: living words -- part 2: the poets' dawn -- part 3: the powers of poetry. -- Book 3: the arts of listening -- part 1: to catch the westron wind -- part 2: in search of a rainbow -- part 3: ten stories and a visitation -- part 4: idle tears -- part 5: the arts of criticism. -- A list of poems.
Subject Terms:
Poetry. | Poetry. | Poetry | English poetry | Broadside books -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1992. | Book jackets.
Contributors:
Mason, Tom, 1950–2011, author. | Paynter, Hilary, born 1943, wood engraver.