1st Edition

Nine Contemporary Poets

By P.R. King Copyright 1980
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1979. This volume includes simple and systematic introduction to the more important post-war English poets. Including reviews of the poetry of Larkin, Tomlinson, Gunn, Hughes, Plath, Heaney and more. This work will appeal to A-level students, undergraduates, members of adult education classes and general readers enjoying modern literature.

1 Without illusion The poetry of Philip Larkin 2 Seeing and believing The poetry of Charles Tomlinson 3 ‘A courier after identity’ The poetry of Thom Gunn 4 Elemental energy The poetry of Ted Hughes 5 ‘Dying is an art’ The poetry of Sylvia Plath 6 ‘I step through origins’ The poetry of Seamus Heaney 7 Three new poets Douglas Dunn, Tom Paulin, Paul Mills

Biography

P.R. King (Author)