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The long poem after Pound

The long poem after Pound
The long poem after Pound
This essay considers the long poem in postwar British and Irish verse. It suggests the difficulty of defining the form, and briefly indicates how Anglo-American writers responded to Ezra Pound’s late cantos. It goes on to explore how Basil Bunting, David Jones, and Geoffrey Hill remade the modernist long poem, focusing on questions of audience and locale. The essay concludes by considering the relationship between the contemporary long poem and other media, with particular attention to Tony Harrison’s V. (1985), Simon Armitage’s Killing Time (2000), and Kate Tempest’s Brand New Ancients (2013).
May, Will
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David, Malcolm
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David, Malcolm
David, Malcolm
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May, Will
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David, Malcolm

May, Will (2019) The long poem after Pound. In, David, Malcolm and David, Malcolm (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to British and Irish Poetry 1960-2010.

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This essay considers the long poem in postwar British and Irish verse. It suggests the difficulty of defining the form, and briefly indicates how Anglo-American writers responded to Ezra Pound’s late cantos. It goes on to explore how Basil Bunting, David Jones, and Geoffrey Hill remade the modernist long poem, focusing on questions of audience and locale. The essay concludes by considering the relationship between the contemporary long poem and other media, with particular attention to Tony Harrison’s V. (1985), Simon Armitage’s Killing Time (2000), and Kate Tempest’s Brand New Ancients (2013).

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Published date: 1 November 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 433806
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433806
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Date deposited: 04 Sep 2019 16:30
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 19:14

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Editor: Malcolm David
Author: Will May
Editor: Malcolm David

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