Böcker av Gerald Bullett

Gerald Bullett's life was marked by war. He served in the First World War for four years in his twenties, and then worked for the BBC in London during the Second World War, in middle life.Like many authors, the unique insights brought by such terrible exposure gave him a philosophical bent of mind, and a longing for peace, a liking for what came out at times of quiet. This was never far away in his works, either as a major theme, or at the very least consistently present in the background.Perhaps nowhere was this more the case than in this long poem, first published in 1943. Taking as its temporal locale the very middle of winter, with all the quiet and stillness this predicates, Bullett enters the mental space where the rush and hurry of the world are left behind, and the mind can seek fresh deeper understandings, expanding into a rarely approachable zone.Taking in creativity, desire, love, pain and the unnameable workings of the spirit, he essays a profound philosophical meditation. That we cannot ultimately say all that perhaps needs to be said, that we are stymied by feelings of powerlessness and of our unimportance when all is said and done - these are to him indicators of the mystery which we will never divine, and perhaps never should.But also Winter Solstice gives brief glimpses of beauty - of low light and warmth, of snow-covered fallow land and bare trees, of the survival of tiny birds in winter's harshness, but most of all of the value of quiet, and its gift of insight.

Mice & Other Poems, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.

Originally published in 1952, this book presents a series of poems by the British literary figure Gerald Bullett on various 'items of village news'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry and the writings of Bullett.

George Eliot - pseudonym for Marian Evans, was a strange, contradictory character. This is her story, sympathetically and honestly told. From a quiet, lonely childhood in a small Midlands town, she went to London, and made a name for herself as editor and contributor of The Westminster Review. She lived in the home of the founder John Chapman, and fell mildly in love with him, evidence of her crying need to love and be loved. For a time she had to go- John Chapman already had not only a wife, but a mistress living under one roof. But she was recalled- and they lived amicably together until George Lewes came into her life. There is no doubt that her twenty years with Lewes, who could not marry her, was for both of them a true marriage- not only a rebellion against her strictly evangelical upbringing. They never wavered in true devotion and respect for each other- and out of this came the novels that made her famous. The last half of the book is a critical essay on her writings, which established her ?? the "most intellectual novelist of her time". Generous excerpts and brilliant criticing go far towards proving his point, and may launch a tiny Eliot revival. For a literary market. (Kirkus Reviews)

Originally published in 1949, this book presents a selection of verse by the renowned British writer and broadcaster Gerald Bullett (1893-1958). 36 poems are contained, 25 of which appeared for the first time in this volume. The rest were selected from two previous collections: Poems in Pencil (1937) and Winter Solstice (1943).