The Mersey Sound

Restored 50th Anniversary Edition

Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Roger McGough

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Penguin Classics
05 January 2017

Poetry; Poetry anthologies

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Restored for its 50th year, the anthology that brought poetry down from the shelf and onto the street

Since its first publication in 1967 as Penguin Modern Poets no. 10, The Mersey Sound has become an icon of British poetry. Gathering the early, enormously influential work of Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets), it went on to sell over half a million copies and to become the bestselling poetry anthology of all time. In the course of subsequent editions, old poems were removed and new poems introduced; but now, in time for its 50th anniversary, this volume introduces the restored original selection into Penguin Modern Classics. With its tales of Northern romance, petrol-pump attendants and bus conductors, these are the poems that first spoke so strongly to the real lives behind Beatlemania and the Mersey Beat.

By: Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Roger McGough
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume:
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 114g
ISBN: 9780141189260
ISBN 10: 0141189266
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 05 January 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roger McGough (Author) Roger McGough was a member of the group Scaffold in the 1960s when he contributed poems to the Penguin title The Mersey Sound, which has since sold over a million copies and is now available as a Penguin Classic. He has published many books of poems for children and adults, and both his Collected Poems (2004) and Selected Poems (2006) are also available in Penguin. He presents Poetry Please on Radio 4 and is President of the Poetry Society. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001 and with a CBE in 2005 for services to literature. Brian Patten (Author) Brian Patten was born in Liverpool. His poetry for adults has been translated into many languages, and his collections include Collected Love Poems, Armada, and, from Penguin, Selected Poems. His verse for children includes Gargling with Jelly, Juggling with Gerbils, and Thawing Frozen Frogs. Brian Patten is a popular performer of his work, and he has also written children's plays as well as editing The Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse and The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry.