Well, Gaelic maybe, & I am slow with the memory, but:
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Hugh MacDiarmid
Edwin Morgan
?
Doug
On 25-Aug-09, at 9:32 AM, Sally Evans wrote:
> I think what has happened to British Poetry in the time stated is it
> has culturally split through the regions and countries that make up
> the British Isles. Scottish poetry was really vibrant in the 20th c
> so especially was Scottish Gaelic poetry. David Jones as an English
> speaking Welsh poet and Basil Bunting as a northern poet are cases
> in point.
> Sally Evans
> http://www.desktopsallye.com
> http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
> http://www.brokenholmes.co.uk
> tel UK 01877 339449
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: "Has British Poetry had any significance since
> Wordsworth?"
>
>
>> Some rhetorical force, perhaps, but I would wonder nevertheless.
>>
>> Even within the possibilities of innovation, I cant see not
>> mentioning at least the major works of Basil Bunting & David Jones.
>>
>> Yes, poetry hasn't much 'place' outside of all the poets, but I'm
>> not sure it has been as present as either fiction or drama since I
>> dont know when...
>>
>> And there has been Britain's own more or less 'language' group(s)
>> over the past 40 years or so, with its effect.
>>
>> Doug
>> On 25-Aug-09, at 4:30 AM, Jeffrey Side wrote:
>>
>>> New blog post:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Has British Poetry had any significance since Wordsworth?"
>>>
>>> This may seem an outlandish question, but I think it has some
>>> force behind it. Of course, the influence of Wordsworth on
>>> contemporary British mainstream poetry need hardly be stressed,
>>> and I have written extensively about this elsewhere. It is
>>> because of this influence that most of the celebrated British
>>> poetry of the Twentieth Century tended towards mediocrity when
>>> compared to American poetry of the same period.....
>>>
>>>
>>> http://jeffrey-side.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>
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