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The Poems of Laura Riding

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At the time, Riding herself said: 'My work - poetic and other, early and later - has no allegiances, private, social, cultural. The point of it is, not "modernism" but What Further? It anticipates a leaving-behind of the uncertainties of particular or composite identity: whole intelligence as the invisible personality.'

Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991) is among the most influential yet misread writers of the twentieth century. She renounced poetry after her Collected Poems in 1938, a body of work which left its mark upon Auden, Ashbery and many others. Her collaborations and her own essays, stories and poems are central to ... read more

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The Poems of Laura Riding Laura Riding Categories: 20th Century, Women Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Description Author At the time, Riding herself said: 'My work - poetic and other, early and later - has no allegiances, private, social, cultural. The point of it is, not "modernism" but What Further? It anticipates a leaving-behind of the uncertainties of particular or composite identity: whole intelligence as the invisible personality.' Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991) is among the most influential yet misread writers of the twentieth century. She renounced poetry after her Collected Poems in 1938, a body of work which left its mark upon Auden, Ashbery and many others. Her collaborations and her own essays, stories and poems are central to ... read more	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: John Gallas read more Emotional Support Horse: Claudine Toutoungi read more
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