Fair of Speech by D J Enright

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Fair of Speech by D J Enright

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...it has pace and pith, and it instructs by delighting.'___Christopher Ricks in The London Review of Books .

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Fair of Speech by D J Enright

...it has pace and pith, and it instructs by delighting.'___Christopher Ricks in The London Review of Books .

D. J. Enright (1920-2002), poet, novelist, and critic, was born in Royal Leamington Spa, the son of a postman. He was educated at Leamington College and Downing College, Cambridge. His first collection of poetry, The laughing hyena and other poems was published in 1953. This was followed by an
anthology Poets of the 1950s (1955) which gathered together the work of contemporary poets that became known as The Movement. His own poetry was straightforward, sometimes ironic and almost in the style of light verse, often dealing with themes of inequality.

In fiction, D.J. Enright recreated his own experiences of a British academic in a foreign country. His first novel, Academic Year (1955), has been compared with Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim. Enright published several books for children, including the novels The Joke Shop (1976), Wild Ghost Chase
(1978) and Beyond Land's End (1979).

SKU GOR004899563
ISBN 13 9780192122360
ISBN 10 0192122363
Title Fair of Speech
Author D J Enright
Condition good
Binding type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1985-04-11
Number of pages 230
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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