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”’British poetry”’ is the field of [[British literature]] encompassing [[poetry]] from anywhere in the British world (whether of the [[British Isles]], the [[British Empire]], or the [[United Kingdom]]). |
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*[[Irish poetry]] from Northern Ireland |
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Revision as of 11:14, 27 September 2025
Field of British literature
British poetry is the field of British literature encompassing poetry from anywhere in the British world (whether of the British Isles, the British Empire, or the United Kingdom).
Types
The critic Lyn Pykett has written that “A trawl through anthologies of British or English verse quickly discovers the exclusion of women from the traditions of British poetry”.[1]
References
- ^ Pykett, Lyn (1997). “Women poets and “Women’s poetry”: Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke and Carol Rumens”. In Day, John; Docherty, Brian (eds.). British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s: Politics and Art. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 238.
