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Don Paterson

Don Paterson

Wilkinson, Ben

Paperback

Series: Writers and Their Work

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 183764442X
ISBN13: 9781837644421
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Dec 12 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Don Paterson is one of Britain's leading contemporary poets. A popular writer as well as a formidably intelligent one, he has won both a dedicated readership and most of
Britain's major poetry prizes, including the T. S. Eliot Prize on two occasions, the Forward Prize in every category, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. In this first comprehensive study of Paterson's poetry, Ben Wilkinson presents him as a modern-day metaphysical, whose work is characterised by guileful use of form, musicality, colloquial diction and playful wit, in pursuit of poetry as a moral and philosophical project. Drawing on a wide range of commentators, Wilkinson traces Paterson's development from collection to collection, providing detailed close readings of the poems framed by theoretical and literary contexts. An essential guide for students,

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