British Poetry Revival

British Poetry Revival

The British Poetry Revival is the general name given to a loose poetry movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The revival was a modernist-inspired reaction to the Movement's more conservative approach to British poetry.

Read more about British Poetry Revival:  Beginnings, London, Northumbria and Northern England, Cambridge, Wales and Scotland, "A Treacherous Assault On British Poetry", The 1980s and After

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