W. H. Davies (1871 - 1940) was popularly though reductively known as the 'tramp-poet' due to his remarkable journey from vagrancy, in Britain and the United States, to considerable literary success. 'Discovered' in part by Edward Thomas, who admired his poetry, Davies became a prolific memoirist and occasional writer of fiction, criticism and drama. He is now known almost exclusively for a handful of poems and for his memoir The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp; his other writing has long been out of print. This book collects generous selections from Davies's prose memoir, poetry, and critical prose, alongside comprehensive notes. It brings back into print the work of a remarkable, controversial and unduly neglected author.

About the Author
W. H. DAVIES was born in Newport, Wales in 1871. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp appeared in 1908. He died in Gloucestershire in 1940. RORY WATERMAN was born in Belfast in 1981. His first poetry collection, Tonight the Summer's Over, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He leads the MA in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University.


Book Information
ISBN 9781784100872
Author a Reader
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Fyfield Books
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd