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The 'Tableaux Parisiens' (Paris Scenes) section of Les Fleurs du
Mal contains eighteen poems which record a twenty-four-hour tour of
the city: a type of Joycean journey from the point of view of a
dandy Odysseus. Many of the poems in the sequence possess the
sharpness and intensity of a dream, a dedoublement, enabling us to
contemplate life in a manner that merges the fantastic and the
sordidly realistic. These new translations are accompanied by
artist Sally Castle's responses prompted by the work of Constantin
Guys, Baudelaire's favourite 'painter of modern life'. 'These
unblinking translations by Ian Brinton offer us a revival of
Baudelaire's offense against public morals. Hand-in-hand with the
poet's unquiet ghost, Brinton reminds us of the transparency of our
contemporary mores so that we see through to Baudelaire's genius,
to his insistent sense of mortality in its Romantic eroticism and
corruption. To understand the poet "tranced in envy" at the antics
of these corpse-like erotics is to glimpse a form of compassion, of
pity for the human condition. This strange and haunting quality is
there at every turn of Brinton's Baudelaire.' - KELVIN CORCORAN
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Selected Early Poems
Chris Torrance; Edited by Ian Brinton; Preface by Phil Maillard
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One evening in 1961, in the Greyhound pub in Carshalton, Surrey,
20-year-old Chris Torrance - solicitor's clerk with novelistic
ambitions — encountered a volatile Mob of nascent artists,
writers and musicians. For Torrance, this was "the most important
day of my life". Dazzled, he was soon joining in their activities:
wild weekends in the country, his first scary public readings, and,
from 1963, co-editing the poetry and jazz magazine
Origins/Diversions. In literary terms, Torrance's greatest
influence from the group was Bill Wyatt, who introduced him to
"useful short forms" like haiku, and to William Carlos Williams'
Paterson. Wyatt, later a prolific poet, translator, naturalist, and
the first Zen monk ordained in Britain, remained a life-long friend
and ally. Origins/Diversions connected Torrance to other
'underground' writers and publishers, including Tina Morris and
Dave Cunliffe in Blackburn, and, through them, Lee Harwood in
London. In June 1964 Harwood came to Carshalton for a walk around
Torrance's patch. Reciprocal visits followed, with Torrance cycling
to the East End, where Harwood was writing his long poem Cable
Street. They were very different people, Torrance focussed on his
local area and his local friends, Harwood a cool, elegant but
friendly cosmopolitan, feeding Torrance the exciting new writing
via his job at Better Books in Charing Cross Road. Torrance now
began finding his own voice as a poet, and, through Harwood's
encouragement, placed work in the Cambridge magazine, The English
Intelligencer. One of its editors, Andrew Crozier, published
Torrance's first two books. In the spring of 1965 Torrance gave up
his seven-year career in solicitors' offices, and joined the local
Parks Department as a labourer. As the title Green Orange Purple
Red implies, he wanted a more sensual take on the world via his
writing — a Keatsian ambition. About then he found a second-hand
copy of The New American Poetry, and embarked on a lifelong 'love
affair' with those writers and that energy. In particular, the
enormous presence of Charles Olson, seemed to confirm that — in
terms of big ambition and local detail — Torrance was on the
right track with his writing. Validation came in July 1966, with
'The Carshalton Steam Laundry Vision'. Torrance was cutting the
grass outside the Laundry, when his vocation was revealed to him:
'I'm going to be a poet'. It wasn't a 'vision'; it was a powerful
voice that had to be obeyed ("I accepted it completely"). As The
Voice diminished into the clatter of machinery and the chatter of
the laundry girls, the path ahead lay clear. In the autumn of 1967,
Torrance and his partner Val settled in Bristol, with Torrance
working as a Parks Dept. labourer again. His near three-year stay
in Bristol was a transitional time, with a tendency in his writing
towards psychedelia and a broader spirituality becoming more
evident. In June 1970, Torrance moved to a cottage in
pastoral/industrial South Wales, to 'chew the lotus in peace', as
John Wieners has it. He was to stay there for 50 years, increasing
the range and depth of his poetic vision, but much of the
foundations and shape of his future writing are here in this early
work: inspiration from his locality, from geology up; the prosodic
links between music and words; a positive faith that anyone —
taking himself as the model — could and should be creative; and,
importantly, the idea of larger cycles of writing — as in The
Carshalton Poems — culminating in his life's major work, The
Magic Door. (Phil Maillard)
Douglas Oliver (1937–2000) was a poet with a substantial
reputation in the late 1980s and 1990s, finding a larger audience
for his socially-committed poetry in a way that no other of his
poetic background had done, or perhaps wished to do. He left school
early, and worked for many years as a journalist – in Cambridge,
Paris, and Coventry – before attending the University of Essex as
a mature student in the 1970s. In this period he was associated
with the so-called Cambridge School of poetry, and his work was
published by its representative publishers, Ferry Press and
Grosseteste Review Editions. He subsequently lived in Paris, New
York, and then again in Paris, usually working as a lecturer. He
was the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including
Oppo Hectic, The Diagram Poems, The Harmless Building, The Infant
and the Pearl, Kind, Penniless Politics, A Salvo for Africa, and
the posthumous volumes, Arrondissements and Whisper ‘Louise’.
At the time this volume was compiled all of his poetry was out of
print, making this retrospective survey all the more important.
"By the time of his death at the age of 41, Riley had achieved a
poetry whose importance is not circumscribed by the concerns and
trends of its day. His finest poems are an embodiment of integrity
and vision: precise observation and wit co-exist with an
extraordinary beauty of image and rhythm. Riley's is an art that at
its best has a place in the enduring tradition of English
poetry."-Michael Grant
In June 2016, J.H. Prynne celebrates his 80th birthday. A major
figure in contemporary British poetry, he and his work are here
celebrated by friends and admirers, with new poems and essays on
his writings. Both a festschrift and a study of a highly original
body of work, the collection offers something for all readers of
Prynne's poetry. "J.H. Prynne is without doubt the most formidable
and accomplished poet in England today, a writer who has
single-handedly changed the vocabulary of expression, and who,
through his teaching at Cambridge, has re-educated the sensibility
of an entire generation of students.'' -Peter Ackroyd (Sunday
Times, 3 December 1987)
This volume contains the remarkable PhD thesis submitted by Crozier
in 1972, and for which his external examiner was J.H. Prynne-whose
comments on the thesis are also included here, as an afterword. "My
intention in writing this thesis has been to cast some light on the
prima facie case that free verse, in abandoning the exercise of
metre, has abandoned that principle of restraint upon which the
creation of artistic form depends. This point of view contrasts
with a general contention on the part of the exponents of free
verse that their works possess form which is not only unique but
which also bears an immediate relation to the significance of the
work, a relationship felt to be 'musical', although not in any
directly analogical sense."
This volume, featuring essays by a number of poets and critics, is
the first survey of Peter Hughes' poetry, and is published
simultaneously with his Selected Poems. The book features
contributions from Andrew Bailey, Riccardo Duranti, John Hall,
Simon Howard, David Kennedy, Simon Marsh, Ian McMillan, Peter
Riley, Derek Slade, John Welch and Nigel Wheale.
Almost without exception the prose of Andrew Crozier, reviews and
articles centred upon the close reading of poetry including
fearless debate about the importance of some figures who have
either been overlooked by the establishment or given little more
than a cursory nod of acknowledgement, has been out of print for
far too long. The work, often published in journals or as
contributory chapters to other books, has never before been
collected together and this seems astonishing. -from Ian Brinton's
introduction to this volume.
This is a concise but comprehensive student guide to studying Emily
Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights". After its relatively
modest reception in 1847, Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" has
become one of the most widely-read novels of the nineteenth
century. Seen as one of those rare works that has transcended its
literary origin to become part of the lexicon of popular culture,
its uncompromising awareness of the powers of both love and
selfishness, landscape and revenge has made it a popular choice of
text for students. This concise but comprehensive guide to the text
introduces its contexts, language, reception and adaptation from
its first publication to the present. It includes points for
discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to
relevant reading. "Continuum Reader's Guides" are clear, concise
and accessible introductions to key texts in literature and
philosophy. Each book explores the themes, context, criticism and
influence of key works, providing a practical introduction to close
reading, guiding students towards a thorough understanding of the
text. They provide an essential, up-to-date resource, ideal for
undergraduate students.
This is a concise but comprehensive student guide to studying Emily
Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights". After its relatively
modest reception in 1847, Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" has
become one of the most widely-read novels of the nineteenth
century. Seen as one of those rare works that has transcended its
literary origin to become part of the lexicon of popular culture,
its uncompromising awareness of the powers of both love and
selfishness, landscape and revenge has made it a popular choice of
text for students. This concise but comprehensive guide to the text
introduces its contexts, language, reception and adaptation from
its first publication to the present. It includes points for
discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to
relevant reading. "Continuum Reader's Guides" are clear, concise
and accessible introductions to key texts in literature and
philosophy. Each book explores the themes, context, criticism and
influence of key works, providing a practical introduction to close
reading, guiding students towards a thorough understanding of the
text. They provide an essential, up-to-date resource, ideal for
undergraduate students.
"A Manner of Utterance" offers a collection of responses to J.H.
Prynne's poetry by his readers: not merely academics, but poets,
composers, teachers and a painter (Ian Friend, one of whose works
is featured on the cover). The contributors include Ian Brinton
(also editor of the volume), David Caddy, Ian Friend, Richard
Humphreys, Li Zhi-min, Rod Mengham, Keston Sutherland, John Douglas
Templeton and Erik Ulman.
"A Manner of Utterance" offers a collection of responses to J.H.
Prynne's poetry by his readers: not merely academics, but poets,
composers, teachers and a painter (Ian Friend, one of whose works
is featured on the cover). The contributors include Ian Brinton
(also editor of the volume), David Caddy, Ian Friend, Richard
Humphreys, Li Zhi-min, Rod Mengham, Keston Sutherland, John Douglas
Templeton and Erik Ulman.
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Metaphysical Poetry (Paperback)
Richard Willmott, John Smart, Pamela Bickley, Ian Brinton, Stephen Siddall
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R792
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Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
The emotional power and intellectual challenge of metaphysical
poetry are such that it still appeals to modern readers. This book
looks at the many ways in which readers at different times have
read metaphysical poetry, suggesting approaches for readers today.
Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any
advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and
influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh
critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close
reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide
up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most
commonly studied classic texts. Great Expectations (1861) is not
only one of the last great novels to be written by Dickens but is
also one which centres around his primary themes: the importance of
childhood in relationship to adult life, concepts of guilt and
imprisonment and an analysis of individualism as opposed to the
increasing bureaucracy of nineteenth-century England.This guide
isan ideal introduction tothe textincluding its contexts, Dickens's
style and imagery, its critical reception from the time of
publication to the present, a guide to illustrated editions and
film adaptations and a guide to further reading.
"Reader's Guides" provide a comprehensive starting point for any
advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and
influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh
critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close
reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide
up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most
commonly studied classic texts. "Great Expectations" (1861) is not
only one of the last great novels to be written by Dickens but is
also one which centers around his primary themes: the importance of
childhood in relationship to adult life, concepts of guilt and
imprisonment and an analysis of individualism as opposed to the
increasing bureaucracy of nineteenth-century England. This guide is
an ideal introduction to the text including its contexts, Dickens's
style and imagery, its critical reception from the time of
publication to the present, a guide to illustrated editions and
film adaptations and a guide to further reading.
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
This book encompasses experiences of the British Empire such as
life in Nigeria before the arrival of the British, through to the
British retreat from the Empire after the Second World War and on
to reggae and 'dub' beats of black British poetry today. Includes
writing from Indian, African, South African and Caribbean authors
such as Salman Rushdie, Chinua Achebe, J.M. Coetzee and Derek
Walcott.
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
Looking back on 20th century British drama from its' historical,
social and political perspective enables the reader to set each
play in a broader context. Contents include a selection of play
extracts from well-known authors including Harold Brighouse, John
Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
Poetry has been described as 'a necessary art' that enriches what
goes on inside us. This book offers an introduction to the often
challenging world of contemporary poetry. The book focuses on very
recent poetry, and examines the various challenges to tradition it
presents: challenges of both content and form, as well as more
practical challenges such as new forms of publication. The poetry
is considered in relation to social, cultural and political
contexts throughout. Contents include recent work by established
poets such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes as well as poetry by
writers who have emerged since 1990 such as Jackie Kay and Vicki
Feaver.
The Modern Short Story is a new title in the Cambridge Contexts in Literature series. It is designed to support the needs of advanced level students of English literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level.The series explores the contextual study of texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in literature. Each book adopts an interactive approach and provides the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged to investigate different interpretations that may be applied to literary texts by different readers, through a variety of activities and questions, the use of study aids, such as chronologies and glossaries, and the inclusion of anthology sections to exemplify issues.
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Satire (Paperback)
Jane Ogborn, Peter Buckroyd, Pamela Bickley, Ian Brinton, Stephen Siddall
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R797
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Satire is a new title in the Cambridge Contexts in Literature series for advanced level students of English Literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level.The series explores the contextual study of texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in literature. Each book adopts an interactive approach and provides the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged to investigate different interpretations that may be applied to literary texts by different readers, through a variety of activities and questions, the use of study aids, such as chronologies and glossaries, and the inclusion of anthology sections to exemplify issues.
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The Gothic Tradition (Paperback)
Adrian Barlow; John Smart, Pamela Bickley, Ian Brinton, Stephen Siddall
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R797
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The Gothic Tradition is a new title in the Cambridge Contexts in Literature series. It is designed to support the needs of advanced level students of English literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level.The series explores the contextual study of texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in literature. Each book adopts an interactive approach and provides the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged to investigate different interpretations that may be applied to literary texts by different readers, through a variety of activities and questions, the use of study aids, such as chronologies and glossaries, and the inclusion of anthology sections to exemplify issues.
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