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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782253403321

Titolo

Gladsongs and gatherings : poetry and its social context in Liverpool since the 1960s / / edited by Stephen Wade [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-78138-664-1

1-84631-319-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

821/.91409942753

Soggetti

English poetry - England - Liverpool - History and criticism

Poets, English - Homes and haunts - England - Liverpool

English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - England - Liverpool

Liverpool (England) Intellectual life 20th century

Liverpool (England) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; Poems; 1. Literary Matters; 2. Reflections on the Craft; 3. Interviews; 4. Autobiographies/Social Histories; 5. Broader Views; Notes on Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With the 'Liverpool Scene', poetry registered nationally as a popular art form arguably for the first time. Since then, poetry appears to have contracted once more to its metropolitan, literary heartland. So what happened to the 'Mersey sound'? Gladsongs and Gatherings examines this question through the ideas and reflections of poets and poetry readers. The book includes interviews with the famous 60s trio, and places their experience alongside that of contemporary poets who continue to find the city a rich source of inspiration.