George Sutherland Fraser

In the TLSG. S. Fraser remarked that her poetry was difficult but rewarding, and likened it in different aspects to that of Dylan Thomas , George Barker , and William Empson . He concluded:...

George Sutherland Fraser reviewed the collection in the TLS, calling KN an informal poet, pointing to her informal self-confession and an almost impudent allusiveness to grander writers than herself.

This book was controversial. Philip Toynbee called it a rare example of vigorous polemic, witty, hard-hitting and deeply serious.The Times responded with a front-page article (anonymous, as all...