Modern Yorkshire Poets

Excerpt from Modern Yorkshire Poets He has been a constant contributor of prose and poetry to the magazines for twenty years. His first sonnet was published in Good Words, for April, 1864. He has written largely for the Sunday at Home, Leisure H our, The Fireside, Home Words, Day of Rest, Day of Days, British Workman, Family Friend, C hildren's Friend, Animal World, Evening H ours, and other Maga zines. He has issued three volumes of poetry, namely, Wood Notes and Church Bells (london: George Bell and Sons, Lyrics Sylvan and Sacred (london George Bell and Sons, Sungleams; Rondeaux and Sonnets (london: Home Words Publishing Office, The critical press recognised in Mr. Wilton a writer, displaying a high religious purpose, with a delicate poetical fancy. A review of his first volume in London Society stated We have in our hands, one of the sweetest books of verse, to which we have ever given a repeated and delighted perusal, in Wood Notes and Church Bells, by the Rev. Richard Wilton. To many, many of these poems will be familiar, as one or two have been printed in the Times, and others have also had an extensive circulation. Mr. Wilton's 'mastery of the Sonnet - the true Italian Sonnet - one central thought set in flowing harmonious numbers, - is especially observable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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?

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Ian Parks presents a collection that showcases the best of today's Yorkshire poets, featuring writers such as Maurice Rutherford and Helen Mort.

"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 deindustrialization, 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 seventy-five 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?"--