OTHER
British and Irish Poetry since 1970
Edited and with an introduction by Richard Caddel and Peter Quartermain
The most significant US anthology of innovative poetries from the UK and
Ireland in over 25 years.
When most Americans think of contemporary British poetry, they think of
such mainstream poets as Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, and Geoffrey Hill. Yet
there is a vibrant, diverse alternative poetry movement in the UK,
inspired in large measure by the work of such significant mentors as Basil
Bunting and J. H. Prynne. There is growing interest in this work in the
United States--as alternative American poetries express increasingly
transnational concerns--and yet almost none of it is available here.
OTHER is a highly focused anthology bringing together several important
strands of English-language poetry that are not otherwise so readily
accessible. It includes work by 55 poets, among them Cris Cheek, Brian
Coffey, Fred d'Aguiar, Allen Fisher, Ulli Freer, Randolph Healy, Linton
Kwesi Johnson, Wendy Mulford, Tom Raworth, Denise Riley, Catherine Walsh;
a critical introduction addressing such topics as the interaction of
British and American poetic traditions; and brief biographical and
bibliographical notes on each poet.
"In the past two decades, British and Irish poetry have undergone a silent
revolution. While the mainstream media present us with a 'Britain' still
writing poetry under the sign of Philip Larkin or Ted Hughes, a number of
strong oppositional voices have emerged, voices committed to a radical
rethinking of the 'Movement' and its tepid aftermath. Rick Caddel and
Peter Quartermain have produced an excellent anthology of this
breakthrough poetry. No one interested in the 'turn' of poetry in the late
twentieth century will want to miss it."--Marjorie Perloff
"Caddel and Quartermain have gathered an intellectually and aesthetically
challenging kaleidoscope of poems--fundamental information for anyone
interested in contemporary writing. OTHER is the best anthology of British
and Irish poetry now available."--Charles Bernstein
Coming in December 1998
RICHARD CADDEL is a Director of the Basil Bunting Poetry Centre,
University of Durham, editor of Pig Press, author of three collections of
poetry including Larksong Signal (1997), and editor of Basil Bunting:
Complete Poems (1994). PETER QUARTERMAIN is Professor of English,
University of British Columbia, author of Disjunctive Politics: From
Gertrude Stein and Louis Zukofsky to Susan Howe (1992) and Basil Bunting:
Poet of the North (1990), and editor of Dictionary of Literary Biography:
American Poets, 18801945 (1986).
Wesleyan Poetry
Wesleyan University Press
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