Author(s): John Lucas

Literary - Studies, Criticism, Theory | Social Science, Economic History, Race/Identity, Peace/Cultural/ International Studies | Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Wales | Poetry, Verse, Prose, and Poetry Essays/Criticism

John Lucas' study examines how the notion of Englishness is expressed in English poetry. His subject is not patriotism, but the way poets are forced to place themselves in a tradition, a relationship to the State and the Establishment, sometimes as apologists, sometimes as rebels and outsiders.

Good condition. Light tanning on outside page edges. Some shelf scuffing on cover.