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Drinks with dead poets : a season of Poe, Whitman, Byron and the Brontës / Glyn Maxwell.
Poet Glynn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there; is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?--but he has a strange feeling there's a class to teach. And isn't that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q&A, hit the pub with the students afterword? Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats, and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall. And everything these famed personalities say--in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub comes verbatim from these poet's diaries, essays, or letters.
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- ISBN: 9781681774626
- Physical Description: 345 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Subject: | Authors > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Autobiographical fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there; is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?-- but he has a strange feeling there's a class to teach. And isn't that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards? Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontèes, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall. And everything these famed personalities say -- in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub comes verbatim from these poets' diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontèes. -- amazon.com. - Baker & Taylor
Set in a quaint English village, this novel, paying homage to the departed literary greats, follows poet Glyn Maxwell as he, waking up in a mysterious village one autumn day, encounters Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontes, the Brownings and many others who are all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall. - Baker & Taylor
Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a quaint English village on an autumn day where he encounters such famous poets as Byron, Yeats, and Emily Dickinson, who are all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall. - Simon and Schuster
A spirited homage to the departed literary greats'set in an entrancing English village'this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.
"I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . ."
Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there'is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?'but he has a strange feeling there's a class to teach. And isn't that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards?
Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.
And everything these famed personalities say'in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub'comes verbatim from these poets' diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës. - Simon and Schuster
A spirited homage to the departed literary greats'set in an entrancing English village'this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.
"I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . ."
Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there'is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?'but he has a strange feeling there's a class to teach. And isn't that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards?
Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.
And everything these famed personalities say'in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub'comes verbatim from these poets' diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës. - WW Norton
âI am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . .âPoet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got thereâis he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?âbut he has a strange feeling thereâs a class to teach. And isnât that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards?Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.And everything these famed personalities sayâin class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pubâcomes verbatim from these poetsâ diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës. - WW Norton
A spirited homage to the departed literary greatsâset in an entrancing English villageâthis novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.
