Contraflow

An Anthology: Lines of Englishness 1922-2022

By: John Greening (Editor), Kevin Gardner (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 January 2023

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344 Pages

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Poets have grappled with the vexed question of what constitutes Englishness since time immemorial, and the poetry of the past century has seen perhaps some of the biggest evolutions in national identity. Contraflow takes a completely new approach to the subject of Englishness, and in this stimulating and entertaining anthology two poetic currents flow against each other, so that different decades merge, well-known stanzas brushing shoulders with more neglected verse. What emerges is an extraordinary mosaic of poetic responses to English history, culture and landscape - satirical, visionary, lyrical, comic, political, meditative - yet one which offers a recognisable picture of a land both united and divided through a hundred years. A Guardian and Sunday Times poetry book of the year

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'A treasure trove for poetry lovers... The editors... have cleverly set familiar voices of the past alongside some of today's best poets... If you tend not to read anything later than Larkin, this is a great way to bring yourself up to date.' -- Graeme Richardson * The Times *
Editors John Greening and Kevin Gardner use an imaginative selection and arrangement of poems to uncover revelatory angles on an otherwise well-trodden subject. -- Rishi Dastidar * Guardian *
A thoughtful collection which has had me chasing up the work of poets I would probably never have encountered. * The Betjeman Society Newsletter *

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