Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry: Cultural Identities, Political Crises [Paperback]

Delving into the landscapes and politics of 20th and 21st century Yorkshire, Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry asks: what is Yorkshire poetry? In other words, what is it that connects poems by Larkin, Hughes, Armitage and Mort, whilst setting them apart from poetry of other UK regions?

Delving into the landscapes and politics of twentieth- and twenty-first-century South, East, and West Yorkshire, Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry: Cultural Identities, Political Crises theorises Yorkshire as a distinct region of poetry in its own right. In outlining the commonalities and parameters of this branch of poetry, Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry engages the work with a selection of poets writing in and about the region since 1945, including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage, Helen Mort, Zaffar Kunial, Kate Fox, and Vicky Foster. Charting the developments in Yorkshire poetry, this book explores several key contexts  including deindustrialisation, the Miners Strikes, and Brexit  in detail, evidencing the impacts of these sociopolitical events on the poetry of a region. Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry investigates 75 years of poetry to ask the question: what is Yorkshire poetry? In other words, what is it that connects poems by these writers, whilst setting them apart from poetry of other UK regions?

Acknowledgments

Credits Page

Introduction

Chapter 1: Places, People, and Narrative Perspectives in Philip Larkins East Yorkshire

Chapter 2: Place and Identity in Modern and Contemporary Poetry from East Yorkshire

Chapter 3: Cultural Histories and Personal Identities in Ted Hughess West Yorkshire Poetry

Chapter 4: Personal, Political and Place-Based Identl³÷