Publisher's Synopsis
Since the mid 1980s, poetry has undergone an explosive and radical transformation in Britain. This textbook provides students of Creative Writing, English, MFAs and Cultural Studies, as well as the general reader, with an introduction to some of the most exciting and challenging poetry of our time.;Selected from the Britain's most exciting new talent, this anthology celebrates the energy and dynamism of contemporary writing practice and presents an art that is socially engaged and politically committed, progressive and experimental, as well as international in scope and trajectory. Above all, this anthology reminds everyone that British poetry is still a dangerous and disturbing art, capable of shocking and challenging us, and dealing with social as well as personal extremes.;Contains;- thorough introduction to late modernist writing - a wide spectrum of contemporary British writing practice - poetry from leading figures of the British avant-garde - a broad range of recent performance poetry - examples of new political writing - poets of the British underground scene
