Schlagwort: J.H. Prynne

Poetic Artifice

The death of Veronica Forrest-Thomson in 1975, aged just 27, is among the most galling and tragic losses to modern British poetry. Born in Malaya and raised in Glasgow, she published a first poetry collection at 20 and gravitated to Cambridge, where she was… Continue Reading „Poetic Artifice“

The poet of anti-pathos

In The Making of the Reader, David Trotter proposes a useful distinction between “pathos” and what he terms “anti-pathos”. In any poem the voice of the self and the voice of the text are subtly different. For a Romantic poet their clash results in… Continue Reading „The poet of anti-pathos“

97. Dunkel, schwierig, radikal und extrem

„When poetry is obscure this is chiefly because information necessary for comprehension is not part of the reader’s knowledge . . . and finding out this information may dispel much of the obscurity. When poetry is difficult this is more likely because the language and structure… Continue Reading „97. Dunkel, schwierig, radikal und extrem“

106. Dichteraufstand in England, 1967

Gordon Burn kehrt an den Schauplatz der literarischen Invasion von Sparty Lea bei Newcastle aus dem Jahr 1967 zurück (Guardian 26.8.) Entgegen heutigem Anschein, wenn man die Agrarfahrzeuge beobachtet, die am King’s Head vorbeirattern, dort wo die Hütte von Sparty Lea unter den Hammer kam…,… Continue Reading „106. Dichteraufstand in England, 1967“

31. Betreff: Re: Semtex

Als Sechste im Bunde firmiert die 1952 geborene Frances Presley. Die engagierte Feministin ist eine mit konkreter Poesie faszinierende Amerikanistin, die durch fiktional noch unverbrauchte Themen (darunter der «11. September») und innovative Formen (so im E-Mail-Imitat «Betreff: Re: Semtex») in besonderem Mass besticht. Dies… Continue Reading „31. Betreff: Re: Semtex“

23. British Modernism in America

British Modernism has not been served well by American critics and readers. Preoccupied by American poetry’s own version of family court – who are the true heirs of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, or even Robert Lowell? when will the prodigal Stein finally come… Continue Reading „23. British Modernism in America“