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Poets on Writing

Britain, 1970–1991

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Denise Riley
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Part of the book series: Language, Discourse, Society (LDS)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Denise Riley
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Conditions of Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Uttering Poetry: Small-Press Publication

      • Nigel Wheale
      Pages 9-20

    3. Grasping the Plural

      • Ken Edwards
      Pages 21-29

    4. You Can’t Get There from Here

      • Nick Totton
      Pages 30-40

    5. Writing and Not Writing

      • John Hall
      Pages 41-49

    6. Two Poems

      • Grace Lake
      Pages 50-51

    7. The State of Poetry Today

      • Tom Raworth
      Pages 52-54

  4. What the Work Is

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. From ‘Unconscious/Unfolding/Voice: a Statement’ (1973)

      • Martin Harrison
      Pages 57-60

    3. The Particularity of Poetry

      • Martin Harrison
      Pages 61-66

    4. Two Poems

      • Martin Harrison
      Pages 67-69

    5. The Subject of Poems

      • Michael Haslam
      Pages 70-80

    6. Two Poems

      • John Riley
      Pages 81-82

    7. What Are You Going to Call It?

      • John Riley
      Pages 83-84

    8. Moving Buildings

      • Anthony Barnett
      Pages 85-89

    9. Subsequent Looping

      • Allen Fisher
      Pages 90-91

    10. The Creative Moment of the Poem

      • Peter Riley
      Pages 92-113

    11. John Clare’s Mountain

      • Wendy Mulford
      Pages 114-117
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A collection of essays and some related poems by almost 30 contemporary poets who have worked for years outside the "mainstream" of British publishing. Many are or have been small-press publishers and editors too.

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