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Poetry and Politics

Groth, Helen(Contributions by)Hudd, Louise(Contributions by)Lucas, John(Contributions by)Morton, Timothy(Contributions by)Smith, Nigel (Contributor)(Contributions by)Smith, Robert(Contributions by)Wills, Clair(Contributions by)Flint, Kate(Edited by)
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Examining the relationship between poetry and politics from the late-Renaissance to the present, this varied collection of essays covers a wide range of topics.

They include John Tolland's revolutionary poem "Clito", the trope of trade winds as used by Milton and Shelley, Queen Victoria's role in women's poetry, and socialist content and potential in Ivor Gurney and Edgell Rickword.

The final contribution explores the pairing of "poetry and politics", concluding that the two are closely intertwined.

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D.S. Brewer
0859915042 / 9780859915045
Hardback
821.09
21/11/1996
United Kingdom
English
192p.
22 cm
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