Overview
Demonstrating the full range and achievement of Anthony Burgess’s poetry and verse, this collection contains extracts from his translations of the librettos of Carmen, Oberon, and others; of verse dramas including Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King, and Chatsky; and his original musicals Trotsky’s in New York!, Mozart and the Wolf Gang, and A Clockwork Orange 2004. Also included are his translations of the Roman dialect poet Giuseppi Belli, extracts from his verse epic Moses, the complete poems of F. X. Enderby, and Burgess's autobiographical poem “The Sword.”Author Biography
Anthony Burgess is the author of A Clockwork Orange, The Wanting Seed, and The Doctor Is Sick. Kevin Jackson is a documentary filmmaker whose productions include Burgess at 70 and The Burgess Variations. He is the author of The Language of Cinema and the editor of The Humphrey Jennings Film Reader.
