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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"British poetry"”.
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The natural and rural world in twentieth century British poetry
… years of urbanisation and industrialisationg British poetry has often seemed more concerned with the natural and rural world. The thesis uses this paradox to explore two particular aspects of Twentieth Century poetry of the natural azid rural world -'its attitude and orientation towards the …
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On Combustion: Contemporary British Poetry and the Pyrocene (1990-2017)
… a range of contemporary works of experimental British poetry in the period 1990-2017 (particularly those arising from the so-called ‘Cambridge School’). It argues that this body of texts proves exceptionally sensitive to registering and evaluating the cultural traces left by environmental …
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Sir William Jones and Representations of Hinduism in British Poetry, 1784-1812
… the representations of Hinduism in Romantic poetry from 1784 to 1812, using as case studies the poetry of Sir William Jones, William Blake, Robert Southey and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The study argues that Jones’ sympathetic and syncretic representations of Hinduism in his nine ‘Hymns’ to Hindu …
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Science in British poetry from 1910 to 1925 : A study in diction
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, English, 1930.
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A Fine Frenzy: A Sociological Analysis of the Field of Contemporary British Poetry
… little sociological research on the field of poetry, and even less on the field of British poetry. To rectify this oversight, my study systematically examines the specific ‘logic of the field’ of contemporary British poetry – that is, the career trajectories, geographical locations, publishing …
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‘A Continual Song Out of Merely Being Here’: Environment and Interiority in Some Contemporary British Poetry and Natural Phenomena
… Simon Jarvis, this thesis argues that to write poetry is to utilize a way of thinking that is distinct from prose and distinctly feral. Consequently, any avowed poetics will always emerge after the event of writing, and will be an incomplete articulation. Bearing this in mind, the study goes on …
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‘History Engraved on his Shoulder’: A Comparative Study of the Influence of British First World War Poetry on Post 1980 Iraqi War Poetry "embargoed indefinitely"
Abstract This study aims to compare British war poetry of the First World War with Iraqi poetry from the mid-20th century with special reference to Iraqi war poetry of the 1980’s Iraq-Iran War and the period that followed it. It will also investigate the influence of the designated British war …
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The Poetry of Tom Raworth (1961-1986)
This dissertation explores the poetry of Tom Raworth from his first collection, The Relation Ship (1966) to the publication of his long poem ‘West Wind’ in 1984. It investigates in particular the poetry’s embeddedness in the artistic, cultural and socio-political contexts of the sixties, seventies …
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"i shall / be in my segments": Dissecting and reassessing Tom Raworth’s Oeuvre and its influences
… is the first extended examination of Raworth’s poetry and in order to account for the range of Raworth’s work and associations I have offered detailed close readings of numerous texts while situating his work in the context of a wider poetic and artistic community. Taking into account the range …
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Spenser's Twin Pillars of the Kingdom: Arthur, Elizabeth, and the Medieval Tradition of Translatio Studii et Imperii
… tropes from Arthurian romances and Chaucer’s poetry expresses a skepticism about the myth of Tudor origins the poet is often credited with popularizing.
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A coat of ashes: A collection of poems, incorporating a metafictional narrative - and - Poetry, Daoism, physics and systems theory: a poetics: A set of critical essays
… accompanied by a set of essays. It explores how poetry might bring together spiritual and scientific discourses, focusing primarily on philosophical Daoism (Taoism) and contemporary physics. Systems theory (the science of complex and self-organising systems) is a secondary focus of the creative …