In this collection of essays, Tom Paulin looks at the work of a selection of poets - ranging from Robert Southey to Philip Larkin, from John Clare to Ted Hughes - defining the originality of their subject matter. He also relates the poets to themes of nationhood and to ideas about ways of speaking which run throughout the book. The author also demonstrates the intricate connection between the private imagination and society at large, creating a strong sense of kinship between literature of the past and the present, and exploring the depths which underlie the most simple-seeming lyrics.
- ISBN10 0571163084
- ISBN13 9780571163083
- Publish Date 20 January 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English