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James Reeves

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 30 1909
Died
3030 04 19781978
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John Morris Reeves, later known as James Reeves, was an English writer principally known for his poetry, plays and contributions to children's literature and the literature of collected traditional songs. His published books include poetry, stories and anthologies for both adults and children. He was also well known as a literary critic and broadcaster.

He was born in Harrow, and educated at Stowe School and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English and co-founded with Jacob Bronowski the literary magazine Experiment. He began his writing career as a poet in 1936, and in 1945 turned his attention to writing for young readers. His first book of poems for children, The Wandering Moon, appeared in 1950, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, with whom Reeves sustained a lifelong friendship and collaboration. Reeves worked as a teacher until 1952, when his failing eyesight forced him to retire and he became a full-time writer and editor.

He succeeded Bronowski as editor of Epilogue: a critical summary . He was also an editor of some of the works of Robert Graves. His prose work for children commenced in 1956 and included short stories. "His real achievement, however, lies in his poetry, which is generally regarded as the best British 'serious' children's verse since Walter de la Mare - though the poems are usually far from serious in subject-matter."

- from Wikipedia

James Reeves

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 30 1909
Died
3030 04 19781978
Website
Go to Website
John Morris Reeves, later known as James Reeves, was an English writer principally known for his poetry, plays and contributions to children's literature and the literature of collected traditional songs. His published books include poetry, stories and anthologies for both adults and children. He was also well known as a literary critic and broadcaster.

He was born in Harrow, and educated at Stowe School and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English and co-founded with Jacob Bronowski the literary magazine Experiment. He began his writing career as a poet in 1936, and in 1945 turned his attention to writing for young readers. His first book of poems for children, The Wandering Moon, appeared in 1950, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, with whom Reeves sustained a lifelong friendship and collaboration. Reeves worked as a teacher until 1952, when his failing eyesight forced him to retire and he became a full-time writer and editor.

He succeeded Bronowski as editor of Epilogue: a critical summary . He was also an editor of some of the works of Robert Graves. His prose work for children commenced in 1956 and included short stories. "His real achievement, however, lies in his poetry, which is generally regarded as the best British 'serious' children's verse since Walter de la Mare - though the poems are usually far from serious in subject-matter."

- from Wikipedia

Books from James Reeves

The Book of Rest: Stop Striving. Start Being.

3.8/5 ( ratings)

English Fables and Fairy Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Witch Poems

4/5 ( ratings)

Selected Poems Of D.H. Lawrence

4/5 ( ratings)

Stories from England

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The Taste of Courage: Volume I: The Blitzkrieg.

4/5 ( ratings)

Selected Poems of S. T. Coleridge

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Mr. Horrox and the Gratch

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Taste of Courage: Volume II: The Axis Triumphant.

4/5 ( ratings)

The Taste Of Courage: Volume V: Victory And Defeat

4/5 ( ratings)

The Taste Of Courage: Volume IV: The Allies Advance

4/5 ( ratings)

The Pillar-box Thieves

4/5 ( ratings)

Ragged Robin: Poems from A to Z

4/5 ( ratings)

Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century: A Literary History of Atheism

4/5 ( ratings)

Beginnings

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James Reeves' Complete Poems

4/5 ( ratings)

The Taste of Courage: Volume III: The Tide Turns.

4/5 ( ratings)

Short History of English Poetry

4/5 ( ratings)

The Rhyming River: Book One

4/5 ( ratings)

Pilgrim's Progress

4/5 ( ratings)
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