Robert Sheppard has been at the forefront of innovative poetry
since the 1980s. From early contact with Bob Cobbing, Robert
Creeley, and Lee Harwood, and a rejection of Movement orthodoxy,
Sheppard quickly began to form/reform our perceptions of British
poetry. This wide-ranging volume celebrates the writings of
Sheppard, offering extensive of his work-from poet, to critic,
editor, teacher, and inventor. Including contributions from major
contemporaries, as well as a new generation of scholarship, The
Robert Sheppard Companion situates the remarkable writing life of
one of Britain's most imaginative poets. `Sheppard has been a
champion of British poetry that actively resists the complacent and
the convenient, the merely competent. That has meant evading
bullies who would "banish us," to use Dickinson's phrase.
Sheppard's aesthetic justice has never been just for him; his
social imagination is at one with poems, essays, teaching, and
editing. His work is restlessly agile, generous at heart.' -Charles
Bernstein, from `Preface' to The Robert Sheppard Companion
`[Sheppard's] poetry skews language to takes on big themes and his
writing can be seen as comprehensive poetic chronicling of our
times on an epic scale culminating in his Complete Twentieth
Century Blues. Sheppard's writing is rough, rude, quirky, serious,
learned, and never afraid to be humorous. In short it is as
irreverent as it is relevant. Finally, his generosity in writing
about and promoting the work of others has been unstinting and
invaluable, especially in a country which largely chooses to ignore
its innovative poets.' - Geraldine Monk, from `The Robert Sheppard
Roundtable' `This book shows how far-reaching and generous
Sheppard's writing life has been. He has argued and sung for the
benefit of an entire community, to keep opening the possibilities
of poetry itself. He stands and stands up for the breadth and depth
and future of modern poetry. He's written it, written about it,
published it; theorized, organised and celebrated. It is not often
that innovative practice, political engagement, a thorough
knowledge of poetry, and wit are combined in one body of work. But
this valuable Companion provides the necessary spread of insights
and perspectives to do justice to the extraordinary range of
Sheppard's achievements. And that is some achievement in itself.'
-Peter Hughes
General
Imprint: |
Shearsman Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2019 |
Editors: |
James Byrne
• Christopher Madden
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Contributors: |
Robert Sheppard
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
322 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84861-625-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84861-625-2 |
Barcode: |
9781848616257 |
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