Muriel Spark was a poet before she was a novelist: All the Poems presents the full range of the poetry of one of the most acclaimed modern British writers. Here are villanelles, ballads and epigrams, as well as freer forms, all marked by brilliantly precise observation and command of her medium. Her poems are witty, idiosyncratic and haunting, transforming the familiar into glittering moments of strangeness, revealing the dark music beneath the mundane. The edge of danger and wry insights in Muriel Spark's poems are equally unforgettable. 'Although most of my life has been devoted to fiction, I have always thought of myself as a poet. I do not write poetic prose, but feel that my outlook on life and my perceptions of events are those of a poet, Whether in prose or verse, all creative writing is mysteriously connected with music and I always hope this factor is apparent throughout my work.' - Muriel Spark.
- ISBN10 1857548906
- ISBN13 9781857548907
- Publish Date 29 June 2006 (first published 28 October 2004)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 27 September 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 142
- Language English