Green Voices: Understanding Contemporary Nature Poetry, Vol. 1

The author here argues that the traditions of Pope and Goldsmith are continued in the present day by the likes of R.S. Thomas, George Mackay Brown, and others work in an 'anti-pastoralist' tradition of Crabbe and Clare. A chapter examining the attitudes towards the environment of sixteen contemporary poets concludes a lively ecological introduction to modern poetry.Gifford, Terry is the author of 'Green Voices: Understanding Contemporary Nature Poetry, Vol. 1', published 1995 under ISBN 9780719043468 and ISBN 0719043468.