Peter Levi (1931-2000) was one of the most romantic and complicated of twentieth-century Oxford characters. Although descended on his father's side from Jewish carpet-merchants in Constantinople, he was brought up a Catholic and was a Jesuit from late adolescence until he left to marry at the age of 45. Part-way through his training for the priesthood, Levi joined the small Jesuit intellectual elite as an undergraduate at Campion Hall, Oxford. Already a compulsive poet, he made literary friends and experimented with hard, bright lyrics on a variety of themes. His first collection, From the Gravel Ponds, was Poetry Book Society choice for spring 1960. From then onwards he maintained an uneasy balance as a Jesuit, tolerated for his literary activities but always subject to disciplinary correction. When, in 1963, his seniors declared that he had broken so many rules that he could not be ordained that year, he persuaded them to let him visit Greece. That summer he fell in love with the country and formed lasting friendships with several Greek poets. As classics tutor at Campion Hall from 1965 to 1977, he was an intriguing figure to many undergraduates.Intolerant of Oxford damp, he was allowed to spend winters in Greece. From 1967 onwards he passionately supported the resistance to the junta; twice banned from Greece, he later made a television documentary about the evils of the regime. After leaving the Jesuits he wrote autobiographical works, translations, thrillers and elegiac verse, supplementing his literary earnings with casual tuition. Elected Oxford Professor of Poetry in 1984, he used his lectures to convey his enthusiasm for the work of other poets, from Shakespeare to Pasternak, Larkin, Lowell and his defeated electoral rival and former pupil James Fenton. This deeply researched, sensitively written biography explores Levi's many friendships, with figures such as Cyril Connolly, George Seferis, David Jones, Iris Murdoch, Patrick Leigh Fermor and Bruce Chatwin. It relates his poetic development to an intense emotional life, in which love, often concealed in landscape imagery, eventually won out against religious inhibition.
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BRIGID ALLEN read History at Oxford in the 1960s and returned to live there in the 1980s, working with archives and manuscripts and as a lexicographical researcher and writer.
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Peter Levi: Oxford Romantic Allen, Brigid Published by Signal Books, Oxford, 2014 First Edition / First Printing Description: Like new copy of Brigid Allen's engaging and authoritative biography of Peter Levi (1931-2000), the British poet, classicist, Jesuit, and Oxford Professor of Poetry. A beautifully produced hardcover volume with an unclipped dust jacket in excellent condition. Pages are crisp and unmarked; binding is tight and square. A compelling study of one of Oxford's most literary and unconventional Romantic figures. Condition: Book: Like New Jacket: Like New Binding: Tight, square Publication: First Edition, 2014. Artikel-Nr. ABE-1762706584610
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in Oxford in 2014. Illustrated with occasional black & white photographs within the text. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, with a small split to the cloth at the tail, and a small crease to the top edge of the front board - otherwise no bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Boards beautifully clean. Page block edges clean, with just a small light stain on the fore-edge. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. No foxing. Paper crisp and bright. Printed on heavy high quality paper in a firm sewn binding. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper which is unpriced by the publisher, as many academic books seem to be. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper just slightly creased. No chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***225mm x 150mm. 452 pages including a Bibliography of Peter Levi's major works, a detailed section of Endnotes, and a very detailed Index at the back of the book. ***'Peter Chad Tigar Levi FSA FRSL (16 May 1931, in Ruislip - 1 February 2000, in Frampton-on-Severn) was an English poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic. He was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford (1984-1989).' (Wiki) ***'In my opinion Peter Levi represents one of the most significant reactions to the often commonsensical or socially orientated poetry of the 1950s --- In this respect his largely visionary work can now be associated with that of contemporaries like Peter Redgrove or Ted Hughes. This is, I think, how history will see him, and Brigid Allen's biography will put him more firmly on the map.' (Quote taken from John Fuller's notes on the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A near fine copy of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. Printed on quality acid-free paper. A very detailed study of the life and work of Peter Levi in very nice bright condition. Uncommon in hardcover first edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 9029
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