Fanthorpe, U. A. Selected Poems. Peterloo Poets, 1986.
prelims
Alan Brownjohn
Standard Name: Brownjohn, Alan
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Patricia Beer | Though Robert Lowell
praised the poems in this volume, its reception marked a downturn in PB
's reception. Some established male poets—Alan Brownjohn
, Al Alvarez
—blamed her for being too crafted, too careful... |
| Literary responses | U. A. Fanthorpe | Charles Causley
called this volume the most accomplished first book of poems he had met with recently, a new and original voice . . . clear, distinctive, and remarkably assured. |
| Literary responses | Elaine Feinstein | Alan Brownjohn
wrote of this collection (which centres around cities Feinstein has visited or which figure in her family's history) that the poems are mainly brief and simple, but they carry the authority of experience... |
| Literary responses | E. J. Scovell | Alan Brownjohn
, in a review for the Sunday Times, noted with a clear reminiscence of The Swan's Feet the tough talent at work under the surface calm. Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge, 1996. 123 Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge, 1996. 122 |
| Literary responses | Michelene Wandor | This book was a Poetry Book Society
Recommendation. Alan Brownjohn
called it MW
's best book to date, combining erudition and passion as poet, musician and scholar in a collection that . . . continually... |
| Occupation | Frances Horovitz | MacBeth was an influential BBC producer responsible for several regular poetry programmes. The Doomsday Show, not published until 1965, established him as a poet in his own right, and he went on to publish... |
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