
Poets on Writing
Britain, 1970-1991
Denise Riley(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 2. June 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 292 pages
978-0-333-47130-2 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of essays and some related poems by almost 30 contemporary poets who have worked for years outside the "mainstream" of British publishing. Many are or have been small-press publishers and editors too.
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Edition
1992 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XI, 292 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-47130-2 (9780333471302)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-22048-9
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06/1992
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Edited By Denise Riley
Content
Part 1 The conditions of writing: uttering poetry - small-press publication, Nigel Wheale; grasping the plural, Ken Edwards; you can't get there from hre, Nick Totton; writing and not writing, John Hall; two poems, Grace Lake; the state of poetry today, Tom Raworth. Part 2 What the work is: from - unconscious/unfolding/voice, and the particularity of poetry, Martin Harrison; two poems, Martin Harrison; the subject of poems, Michael Haslam; two poems, John Riley; what are you going to call it?, John Riley; moving buildings, Anthony Barnett; subsequent looping, Allen Fisher; the creative moment of the poem, Peter Riley; John Clare's mountain, Wendy Mulford. Part 3 Readings and beginnings: three poems, mark Hyatt; a curve of reading, Nigel Wheale; objects that come alive at night, Geoffrey Ward; two poems, Geoffrey Ward; dream and restoration, John Welch; two poems, John Welch; imperfect pitch, John Wilkinson; sometimes a word will start it, Kelvin Corcoran. Part 4 Particular studies: the poet as ethnographer, Martin Thomp; pages from "La Tempesta", Tom Lowenstein; about filibustering in Samsara, and after filibustering in Samsara, Tom Lowenstein; an introduction to Veronica Forrest-Thomson's work, Martin Harrison; from poetic artifice, Veronica Forrest-Thomson; the medium itself, rabbit by proxy - some thoughts about reading J.H. Prynne, Ian Patterson. Part 5 Ways of working: a theory of poetry, John James; a period of gestation, Ralph Hawkins; working processes of a woman poet, Carlyle Reedy; poet on writing, Roy Fisher; three lilies, Douglas Oliver.