Wendy Cope is one of Britain’s most popular poets: her first two
collections have together sold almost half a million copies, and in
1998, when Ted Hughes died, she was the BBC listeners’ choice to
succeed him as Poet Laureate. She is also contrarian and sometimes
controversial, and has been celebrated as one of the finest
parodists of her, or any, generation. It is perhaps surprising,
then, that her popular appeal has been met with critical
near-silence. After five major collections, Cope has received only
piecemeal critical attention, mostly confined to book reviews. This
is the first in-depth study of her poetry. Drawing on Cope's
published work, archival material and correspondence, Rory Waterman
considers her main collections, her works for children and her
uncollected poems, with many close readings, and detailed
considerations of her cultural and literary contexts and her poetic
development.
General
Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Writers and Their Work |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Rory Waterman
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80207-787-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-80207-787-1 |
Barcode: |
9781802077872 |
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