{"product_id":"poetry-wars-british-poetry-of-the-1970s-and-the-battle-of-earls-court-9781844712472","title":"Poetry Wars: British Poetry of the 1970s and the Battle of Earls Court","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry Wars\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of the six-year battle at the National Poetry Society during the 1970s when this highly conservative institution and its journal Poetry Review were taken over by radical poets. The story is told from primary sources, including the Arts Council’s Records at the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, the Eric Mottram Archive at King's College London, and the Barry MacSweeney Collection at Newcastle University, and from contemporary newspaper accounts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story has never been made public before in documentary detail, though brief reference is often made to it in accounts of contemporary poetry, and anecdotes and hearsay about these events have been in circulation for over twenty years. The repercussions continue to reverberate, and struggles of the same nature continue in the Poetry Society and other cultural institutions today. The question of how an avant-garde ‘negotiates’ with the ‘centre’ it seeks to displace remains crucial, and this issue is of increasing importance to the study of literature and the arts in the twentieth and twenty first centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is in three sections: the first, ‘Chronology’ (chapters 1-5), tells the story of the events; the second, ‘Themes’ (chapters 6-9), considers the events from various thematic viewpoints, and includes a detailed chapter on the writing, teaching, and editing practice of Eric Mottram, and another on the characteristics of the ‘British Poetry Revival’ of the 1970s. The third section, ‘Documents’, reproduces a series of contemporary documents from the relevant archives, along with new summary data about the personalities involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword: Andrew Motion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface: Robert Hampson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The back story and moving in: 1951-1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Editing under pressure: 1972-1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The empire bites back: 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Witt investigation: 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Endgame and aftermath: 1977-2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHEMES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The ‘British Poetry Revival’: some characteristics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Eric Mottram as critic, teacher, and editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Poetry Society transformed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Taking a long view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Mottram’s ‘Editor’s Note’ (1975)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManifesto for a Reformed Poetry Society (1975)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Manifesto of the Poetry Society (1977)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Mottram, ‘Editing Poetry Review’ (1979-80)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMottram’s appointment and extensions at Poetry Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eData on issues of Poetry Review edited by Mottram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutline Chronology of ‘The Battle of Earls Court’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Structure of the Poetry Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMembership of the General Council of the Poetry Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelevant UK Poetry Organisations in the 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlphabetical Who’s Who\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771555905879,"sku":"9781844712472","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781844712472.jpg?v=1758728256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poetry-wars-british-poetry-of-the-1970s-and-the-battle-of-earls-court-9781844712472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}