{"product_id":"this-rare-spirit-9780571313549","title":"This Rare Spirit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered ''far and away the best living woman poet'' in her day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Motion''s Spectator Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the many achievements of This Rare Spirit is its rejection of that tired view of the poet as mouse that barely roared in favour of a true sense of a spikily modern woman, bound by various obligations but resilient, headstrong, and poetically inventive . . . Copus's diligent, scholarly, sensitive work should help Mew's pipe play on for years to come.' \u003cb\u003eDeclan Ryan, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] supreme biography . . . It is hard to do justice to the breadth of research Copus has done here, or the compassionate, detailed conjuring of Mew and her milieu . . . An essential book, a classic work of literary biography.'' \u003cb\u003eSeán Hewitt, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[K]eenly intelligent, fascinating and nuanced biography . . . Save Charlotte Mew! And\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403104461143,"sku":"9780571313549","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571313549.jpg?v=1730482419","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-rare-spirit-9780571313549","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}