Collected Poems

by Henry Reed, Jon Stallworthy (Editor)

Henry Reed, best-known perhaps for his much anthologized Second-World-War poem, "Naming of Parts," published only one book of poems in his lifetime-- A Map of Verona . Writer of numerous radio plays and a fine translator, he never collected his many poems for a second book. This is the first
collected edition of Reed's poems, including "Lessons of the War", A Map of Verona , and many works never before published. It includes an introduction giving biographical information and critical commentary on the poems, and notes on sources, as well as some of Reed's own handwritten manuscript
comments.

Genres: Poetry

192 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 1991

About the author

Education: MA, University of Birmingham, 1936. Served: RAOC, 1941-42; Foreign Office, GC&CS, 1942-1945. Freelance writer: BBC Features Department, 1945-1980.

Author of: A Map of Verona: Poems (1946)
The Novel Since 1939 (1946)
Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (1947)
Lessons of the War (1970)
Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio (1971)
The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio (1971)
Collected Poems (1991, 2007)
The Auction Sale (2006)