William Barnes

Name: William Barnes
Brand: Sir Andrew Motion
SKU: 9780571236657
Price: 8.24 GBP
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by Sir Andrew Motion

Title:

William Barnes

Author:

Sir Andrew Motion

Series (if any):

Poet to Poet

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

144 pages

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

ISBN-13:

9780571236657

EAN:

9780571236657

Publication Date:

05/04/2007

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

226

Dimensions (mm):

197 x 120 x 11

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£8.24

6 copies in stock

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Description

William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859).