
Exile and Other Poems
Centenary Edition
Richard Aldington(Author)
Renard Press Ltd
Published on 1. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-1-80447-070-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1923, Exile and Other Poems is an important, poignant collection from one of the foremost Imagist war poets. Penned after witnessing the horrors of the frontline during the First World War, Aldington's brutal, honest verse lays bare unimaginable experiences.
The first part of the collection, 'Exile', explores the poet's survivor's guilt, post-traumatic stress and sense of alienation. The collection continues with a 'Songs for Puritans' and 'Songs for Sensualists', pastiches of seventeenth and eighteenth-century love poetry, and a series of more personal poems exploring the natural world, from which Aldington drew reassurance.
Enriched with a fascinating introduction and explanatory notes by leading Aldington scholars Elizabeth Vandiver and Vivien Whelpton, this centenary edition seeks to place Exile firmly back on the map of war poetry, from which it has been missing for too long.
The first part of the collection, 'Exile', explores the poet's survivor's guilt, post-traumatic stress and sense of alienation. The collection continues with a 'Songs for Puritans' and 'Songs for Sensualists', pastiches of seventeenth and eighteenth-century love poetry, and a series of more personal poems exploring the natural world, from which Aldington drew reassurance.
Enriched with a fascinating introduction and explanatory notes by leading Aldington scholars Elizabeth Vandiver and Vivien Whelpton, this centenary edition seeks to place Exile firmly back on the map of war poetry, from which it has been missing for too long.
Reviews / Votes
This new edition, beautifully produced by Renard for Aldington's centenary, would be worth having just for the first-rate introduction and the detailed background notes which give a very clear summmary of his troubles. -- John Greening * PN Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 132 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80447-070-1 (9781804470701)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
11/2023
Renard Press Ltd
€9.99
Available for download
Persons
Richard Aldington (1892-1962) was an English writer and war poet associated with the Imagist movement, and his fifty-year writing career covered poetry, fiction, literary criticism and biography. Aldington joined up in 1916 and was sent to the front. Traumatised by his experiences, he sought an outlet in verse. Exile and Other Poems, first published in 1923, was his first substantial attempt to process the trauma of his experience in poetry, and stands as a monument in war poetry. Elizabeth Vandiver edited Richard Aldington's Exile and Other Poems with Viven Whelpton. Viven Whelpton edited Richard Aldington's Exile and Other Poems with Elizabeth Vandiver.