Fire Box
Poetry in Britain & Ireland After 1945

Edited By Sean O'Brien
Dec. 1998
ISBN: 0330372556
$27.50 Paper

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Sean O'Brien, "the only British poet-critic currently punching his weight in both divisions," has delivered a knockout blow -- an anthology of contemporary poetry that sets the standard by which all others must now be judged.Seventy-five of the most influential and compelling voices to have emerged from Britain and Ireland in the past 50 years are gathered in this book, offering a representative sampling of their works along with short, critical introductions by the editor. The book reaffirms the importance of some leading poets, but also marks the achievement of younger as well as previously neglected writers.

O'Brien is the poetry critic for the London Sunday Times. This book is a must for libraries, bookstores and individual writers and readers

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