Poets on writing : Britain, 1970-1991
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Poets on writing : Britain, 1970-1991
（Language, discourse, society）
Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1992
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 282-292
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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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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