British poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s : politics and art / edited by Gary Day and Brian Docherty.

Other author Day, Gary, 1956-
Other author Docherty, Brian.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Descriptionxi, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
English poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.
Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Politics and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Criticism--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Contents Introduction : poetry, politics and tradition / Gary Day -- Basil bunting : Briggflatts / Dennis Brown -- 'Never such innocence again' : the poetry of Philip Larkin / Gary Day -- Poetic subjects : Tony Harrison and Peter Reading / Neil Roberts -- Salvaged from the ruins : Ken Smith's constellations / Stan Smith -- Dance of being : the poetry of Peter Redgrove / Neil Roberts -- Seamus Heaney : from revivalism to postmodernism / Alistair Davies -- 'Some sweet disorder' : the poetry of subversion : Paul Muldoon, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian / Elmer Andrews -- The Gaelic Renaissance : Sorley MacLean and Derick Thomson / Christopher Whyte -- Edwin Morgan : messages and transformations / Roderick Watson -- 'Half of my seeing' : the English poetry of Iain Crichton Smith / Colin Milton -- Vernon Watkins and R.S. Thomas / Dennis Brown -- Anthologies of women's poetry : canon-breakers ; canon-makers / Jane Dowson -- Women poets and 'women's poetry' : Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke and Carol Rumens / Lyn Pykett -- They say, they say, they say : some new voices of the nineties / Michael Faherty.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96044311
ISBN0312172508 (cloth)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR603 .B75 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold