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was considerably more mixed, characterizing the collection as "bizarre." In particular, he asserted that Burgess's poetry was only a minor part of his contribution to literature, and frankly stated that "the badness of this is simply incomprehensible." However, he did approve of Burgess's
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series, and acknowledged that the poems themselves had an audience. "If you and your friends sit around coming up with silly ideas for opera titles ('Mozart and the Whole Wolf Gang' )," Chiasson opined, "this book is for you."
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The main body of the book is divided into four sections. The first section reproduces the full text of Burgess's shorter poetry, including the title "Five Revolutionary Sonnets" which were first published in
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In the third section, editor Kevin Jackson excerpts the notable verse translations of Burgess. Reproduced are a large fragment of Burgess's translation of
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was not included. He identified the Belli translations as "Burgess at his best" and labelled the character of Enderby as an "archetype" of poetry.
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The final section samples Burgess's work in dramatic verse, opera libretti, and musical lyrics. Included are extracts from adaptations of
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magazine, Olivier Burckhardt largely echoed these sentiments, particularly the disappointment that
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The second section, labelled for longer poems, contains three relatively lengthy poems by Burgess:
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which were first published elsewhere are appropriately labelled with this information.
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Occasional annotations by Jackson accompany the text; additionally, those poems in
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and its sequels. Additionally, some of the poems were previously printed in
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remained in print at time of publication. For this reason, excerpts from
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incorporation of his original poetry in the comic novels of the
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Burgess, Anthony (Summer 1966). "Five Revolutionary Sonnets".
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in the "Five Revolutionary Sonnets" to the verses written by
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2002 posthumous collection of short poetry by Anthony Burgess
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is a posthumous collection of the short poetry written by
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Literary critics released generally positive reviews for
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Index

front cover of Revolutionary Sonnets
Kevin Jackson
Anthony Burgess
English
Poetry
Carcanet Press
United Kingdom
ISBN
1-85754-616-4
OCLC
907002817
Anthony Burgess
Kevin Jackson
The Transatlantic Review
Inside Mr. Enderby
Little Wilson and Big God
Vladimir Nabokov
Ogden Nash
Moses
Pervigilium Veneris
The Eve of Saint Venus
Giuseppe Gioachino Belli
Abba Abba
Byrne: A Novel
Carmen
Georges Bizet
Oberon
Carl Maria von Weber
Oedipus the King
Sophocles

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