Sebastian Barker

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Sebastian Barker


Born
in Gloucestershire, England
April 16, 1945

Died
January 31, 2014

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Sebastian Smart Barker FRSL was an English poet notable for a visionary manner which has been compared to William Blake in its use of the long ecstatic line and its "ability to write lyric poetry which used simple words to encapsulate profound meanings". His The Dream of Intelligence (1992) was named as a Book of the Year in both The Independent and The Spectator, and The Erotics of God (2005) was The Tablet′s Book of the Year in 2005.
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Average rating: 4.09 · 23 ratings · 4 reviews · 30 distinct works
The Land of Gold

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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The Dream of Intelligence

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992
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Who is Eddie Linden

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979
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Lines for My Unborn Son

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Hand in the Well

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 — 2 editions
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On the rocks

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977
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The Dream of Intelligence

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992
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A Theology of Poetry: the W...

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The Matter of Europe

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Damnatio Memoriae: Erased F...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005
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