{"product_id":"9780856463013","title":"Spaces of Hope","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFor thirty years Anvil has championed the idea of poetry as a free space for the imagination and spirit of poet and reader alike. In the process the press has gained recognition as one of the liveliest and most varied publishers of British and international poetry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spaces of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates that endeavour with Peter Jay's selection of the most memorable poetry he has encountered since 1968. Far from being a rollcall of established reputations, the emphasis is firmly on poems that are exceptional, durable and readable. And the result is an anthology that spans centuries and continents to give a fresh and surprising, yet coherent view of poetry, from classic poets of Europe, the Americas and China to some of the finest contemporary poets of Britain and Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWide-ranging, outward-looking and internationally-minded, \u003ci\u003eThe Spaces of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e challenges current preconceptions about poetry and is unafraid to celebrate the pleasure principle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeter Jay (b. 1945) read Classics and English at Oxford, and founded Anvil Press in 1968. He edited \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics and has translated modern Romanian and Hungarian poets, including Ana Blandiana and János Pilinszky. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShifting Frontiers \u003c\/i\u003e(poems, 1980) and the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Songs \u003c\/i\u003e(1975, new edition 1998) and Gérard de Nerval's\u003ci\u003e The Chimeras\u003c\/i\u003e (1984). With Caroline Lewis he edited \u003ci\u003eSappho Through English Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008544424176,"sku":"9780856463013","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856463013_p0.jpg?v=1763756095","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856463013","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}