The Pain of History
Stephen Brook, 19 February 1981
Selected Poems 1961-1978
by David Holbrook.
Anvil, 143 pp., £5.95, November 1980,0 85646 066 4 Show More
by David Holbrook.
Anvil, 143 pp., £5.95, November 1980,
Death Valley and Other Poems in America
by Alan Ross.
London Magazine Editions, 92 pp., £3, June 1980,0 904388 32 8 Show More
by Alan Ross.
London Magazine Editions, 92 pp., £3, June 1980,
A.R.T.H.U.R. & M.A.R.T.H.A.
by Laurence Lerner.
Secker, 69 pp., £2.95, November 1980,0 436 24440 3 Show More
by Laurence Lerner.
Secker, 69 pp., £2.95, November 1980,
“... is always tempered by technical skill and a beautiful intelligence. After Walcott’s orchestra, David Holbrook strikes one as deliberately low-keyed, muted both in his choice of subject and his manner of handling it. Although his Selected Poems span twenty years, there is remarkably little change or development. The themes remain constant: his ... ”