For the past twenty years Alan Dent's caustic, witty, polemical,
enthusiastic and highly individual reviews of modern poetry have
been the most eagerly read section of his magazines The Penniless
Press and Mistress Quickly's Bed. Few critics can boast of having a
poem written about their activity (Dentistry by Edward MacKinnon),
but it isn't surprising Dent has: he may divide opinion, but he is
always memorable and never afraid of making enemies ( at least the
right ones). This volume contains all his poetry reviews since 1995
together with a few longer pieces. Follow the thread of their
argument and you will find an original and bracing view of modern
poetry in Britain. The title is drawn from a quotation by Miroslav
Holub used as the book's epigraph. Taking his cue from the great
Czech, Dent hunts down the excessive subjectivity of modern poets
and spikes it. In doing so he works out a different possibility for
poetry. No one interested in modern poetic practice should miss
this book.
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