The Penguin Book of Elegy writing Europe and Asia – so

Europe and Asia – so that we read the more recent work from a different perspective

Published December 2021

A soul with the darkness of light

unearthly sounds on a planet without atmosphere

including a period of detention in Holloway Prison as one of the ‘Twyford Seven’

The Penguin Book of Elegy writing Europe and Asia – so'A tremendous sentimental education of a book a literary adventure chosen with a scholarly discernment mixed with a wild card flair fascinating and unignorable' Kate Kellaway, Observer (Poetry Book of the Month) Elegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practised by the Romans, revitalized by the poets of the Renaissance and continuing down to the present day, it speaks eloquently and affectingly of the experience