Douglas Dunn is one of the most widely-read and respected poets of
his generation. In a career spanning over 30 years, he has refined
lyric and elegiac poetry into an instrument with which to make
acute observations of English urban scenes, pastoral traditions,
class and education, and the past, present and future of his native
Scotland. In this lucid and wide-ranging critical study, poet and
critic David Kennedy charts Dunn’s career from his debut volume
Terry Street (1969) to his New Selected Poems 1964-2000 (2003). He
argues that Dunn’s poetry has developed through often highly
ambivalent relationships with form, culture and the public identity
and role of the poet. Subtle readings of Dunn’s most intimate
poetry are combined with careful analysis of Dunn’s exploration
of what form Scotland’s national consciousness might take. Dunn
emerges as a complex writer passionately concerned with both the
private and the political.
General
Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Writers and Their Work |
Release date: |
September 2008 |
Authors: |
David Kennedy
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Editors: |
Isobel Armstrong
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
144 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7463-1164-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-7463-1164-8 |
Barcode: |
9780746311646 |
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