Reading Walter De La Mare by William Wootton Wayne Holloway-Smith after which he held a

after which he held a series of minor posts in Scottish colleges and universities

this is the ideal travelling companion for readers searching for a mind-expanding literary adventure

At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage

From a young age he was fascinated by plants

Reading Walter De La Mare by William Wootton Wayne Holloway-Smith after which he held aWalter de la Mare (1873 1956) was one of the best loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. This volume presents a new selection of de la Mare's finest poems, including perennial favourites such as 'Napoleon', 'Fare Well' and 'The Listeners', for a twenty first century audience. The poems are accompanied by commentaries by William Wootten, which