Louis Mac Neice

In this compelling new study of one of the century's most memorable poets, Jon Stallworthy has produced and outstanding full-scale biography of Louis MacNeice, drawing on the testimony of family, friends, lovers, and MacNeices's extensive unpublished correspondence and papers. In this detailed and revealing biography, Stallworthy has produced 'a speaking likeness' of a poet of rare energy and integrity who was also a brilliant scholar, critic, autobiographer, playwright, and translator.