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Lyric Poetry & Drama
A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse (1889) is a poetry collection by Amy Levy. Published in the year of her death at the age of 27, A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse is the work of a pioneering writer and feminist whose poetry and prose explores the concept of the New Woman while illuminating the realities of Jewish life in nineteenth century London. “Green is the plane-tree in the square, / The other trees are brown; / They droop and pine for country air; / The plane-tree loves the town. ”
In these lyric poems exploring the sights and sounds of Victorian London, Amy Levy identifies herself with a modern, urban setting, refusing to rely on tradition in poetry or in life: “Others the country take for choice, / And hold the town in scorn; / But she has listened to the voice / On city breezes borne. ” Attuned to the urban bustle of work and play, Levy presages the malaise and discontent more often associated with Modernist writers of the early twentieth century: “Dead-tired, dog tired, as the vivid day / Fails and slackens and fades away. — / The sky that was so blue before / With sudden clouds is shrouded o’er. ” Having struggled with depression her whole life, Levy was keenly aware of poetry’s ability to capture the depths of human emotion.
“To Vernon Lee, ” addressed to her lover, herself a famous writer, Levy provides a self-portrait in the throes of heartache, recalling with sorrow a love consigned to the past: “A snowy blackthorn flowered beyond my reach; / You broke a branch and gave it to me there; / […] / And of the gifts the gods had given to each— / Hope unto you, and unto me Despair. ” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition Amy Levy’s A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
© 2021 Mint Editions (Ebook): 9781513297347
Release date
Ebook: 3 August 2021
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Lyric Poetry & Drama
A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse (1889) is a poetry collection by Amy Levy. Published in the year of her death at the age of 27, A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse is the work of a pioneering writer and feminist whose poetry and prose explores the concept of the New Woman while illuminating the realities of Jewish life in nineteenth century London. “Green is the plane-tree in the square, / The other trees are brown; / They droop and pine for country air; / The plane-tree loves the town. ”
In these lyric poems exploring the sights and sounds of Victorian London, Amy Levy identifies herself with a modern, urban setting, refusing to rely on tradition in poetry or in life: “Others the country take for choice, / And hold the town in scorn; / But she has listened to the voice / On city breezes borne. ” Attuned to the urban bustle of work and play, Levy presages the malaise and discontent more often associated with Modernist writers of the early twentieth century: “Dead-tired, dog tired, as the vivid day / Fails and slackens and fades away. — / The sky that was so blue before / With sudden clouds is shrouded o’er. ” Having struggled with depression her whole life, Levy was keenly aware of poetry’s ability to capture the depths of human emotion.
“To Vernon Lee, ” addressed to her lover, herself a famous writer, Levy provides a self-portrait in the throes of heartache, recalling with sorrow a love consigned to the past: “A snowy blackthorn flowered beyond my reach; / You broke a branch and gave it to me there; / […] / And of the gifts the gods had given to each— / Hope unto you, and unto me Despair. ” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition Amy Levy’s A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
© 2021 Mint Editions (Ebook): 9781513297347
Release date
Ebook: 3 August 2021
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