The Rimbaud of Leeds: The Political Character of Tony Harrison's Poetry

Regan, Christine

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The Rimbaud of Leeds: The Political Character of Tony Harrison's Poetry

Date

2016

Authors

Regan, Christine

Publisher

Cambria Press

Abstract

This is a contextual study of the politics of Tony Harrison's (1937- ) imaginative works. It offers a reassessment of the poet's political character, identifying a radical republicanism and humanism which encompasses an anti-colonial poetic.