Three traditions are represented in this anthology: a Chartist and radical literature, a Parnassian strand, and a deliberately local manner, often steeped in dialect. This is a literature poised between speech and print, between the anonymous street ballad and the literary lyric. From common themes and common failings powerful individual voices emerge; many of them have not been heard since the days of their original publication. Brian Maidment has recovered something important for the modern reader, providing a working anthology and a guide for further exploration.
Dr Brian Maidment is the Head of English at Edge Hill College of Higher Education.
| ISBN: | 9780856359705 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 1995 |
| Author: | Brian Maidment |
| Publisher: | FyfieldBooks an imprint of Carcanet Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |