A Letter To A Young Poet - Virginia Woolf. The Hogarth Letters No. 8 . Cover illustration by John Banting. First published in 1932. I’d love to know who John, the poet she addressed, was. The letter is fierce even suggesting that John avoid publishing anything until after turning 30 as the strain of publicity may be too much for a young poet.
Poetry is not the domain of Virginia; she makes that very clear - too boxed in by rules and convention. However she still manages to offer intriguing observations of the poets purpose in society; that of a creative in collaboration with a larger body of poetry from Shakespeare to Byron.
A Letter To A Young Poet
A Letter To A Young Poet - Virginia Woolf. The Hogarth Letters No. 8 . Cover illustration by John Banting. First published in 1932. I’d love to know who John, the poet she addressed, was. The letter i
