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NEW EDITION THOMAS BEWICK Selected Work edited by ROBYN MARSACK Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) made a unique contribution to English art. The precision of his observation ofrural life, the subtlety of its transfer to woodblock, established new standards in the illustrator’s craft. Often reproduced and imitated - though never surpassed - liis exquisite ‘tailpieces’ and vignettes have become part of our cultural heritage. This new Fyfield edition makes available, for the first time, a popularly priced and comprehensive introduction to Bewick’s life, writings and art. It includes a survey of the artist’s life - with quotations from his posthumously published Memoir - and a rich collection of actual-size engravings, notably from the General History of Quadrupeds and the epoch-making History of British Birds. Thomas Bewick: Selected Work, available now, is both an excellent introduction to Bewick’s work and a valuable addition to the bookshelves of his admirers. £6.95 paperback ISBN 0 85635 780 4 CARCANET ORDER FORM To: Carcanet Press Limited, 208-212 Corn Exchange Buildings, Manchester M4 3BQ Please send me_____ copy/copies of Thomas Bewick: Selected Work edited by Robyn Marsack at £6.95 plus 55p for p&p I enclose a cheque / postal order made payable to Carcanet Press Limited for £ ______: ______ OR I wish to pay by Access / Visa (delete as applicable). My card number is: Signature NAME Name as on card Expiry date. ADDRESS: POSTCODE: DATE:
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r-NP£VI€W Volume 16 Number 2 General Editors: MICHAEL SCHMIDT MICHAEL FREEMAN Contributing Editors: DICK DAVIS JOHN PILLING NICOLAS TREDELL STUART HOOD GABRIEL JOSIPOVICI ROBYN MARSACK RUTH MORSE MARK THOMPSON Published six times a year. Editorial office: 208-212 Corn Exchange Manchester M4 3BQ All rights reserved. Copyright © POETRY NATION REVIEW 1989 The editors acknowledge the financial assistanceof the Arts Council of Great Britain Subscription (six issues): £16.50 (S28.50) individuals £21.00 (S36.00) institutions to PN REVIEW 208-212 Corn Exchange Manchester M4 3BQ Manuscripts should be sent to the editonal otTicc jnd cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed and stamped envelope or by international reply coupons for writers living abroad. ISSN 0144-7076 The illustrations in this issue are from Thomas Bewick S e lected W orks edited by Robyn Marsack published by Carcanct Press Printed in England by SRP Ltd. Exeter 3 Editorial 4 Letters 5 News & Notes Reports 7 Leonardo Sciascia; An Honest Writer in a Difficult Land 8 J.M . Cohen 9 John Ashbery Two Poems 11 Christopher Middleton For Burning 16 F .T . Prince Crabbed Age and Youth 17 Edgar Bowers Three Poems 19 Adolf Muschg .. And Gifted with Hearing’ 24 E J . Scovell Tree in Light Wind 25 Thom Gunn at Sixty 26 Introduction 27 Thom Gunn Four Poems 29 Donald Hall Thom Gunn 31 Douglas Chambers Thom Gunn 32 Dick Davis Thom Gunn 33 Martin Dodsworth Gunn’s Rhymes 35 John Peck On Two Stanzas by Thom Gunn 37 Michael Schmidt Gunn, for example 38 Donald Davie Thom Gunn 39 Neil Powell Loud Music, Bars and Boisterous Men 42 Robert Pinsky Thom Gunn 44 Ted Hughes Lines about Elias 44 T im o th y Steele For Thom Gunn, Thinking o f him in Vermont 45 August Kleinzahler Two Poems for Thom Gunn 45 Clive Wilmer Letter to Thom Gunn 46 Janet Lewis Trophy W.W.l 46 Michael Vince For Thom Gunn’s Birthday 47 Helen Pinkerton On Caravaggio’s ‘Conversion o f St Paul’ 47 Dick Davis Two Medieval Persian Poems 47 R .L . Barth Elixir 47 Colin Falck An Art that Nature Makes 48 Charles GuIIans Directions 48 Vikram Seth Thom Gunn 48 Jim Powell Two Poems for Thom Gunn 49 Raymond Oliver My Sad Captains 49 Donald Davie Chernobyl. A Disaster 52 Jim Powell An Interview with Thom Gunn Reviews Poetry 57 Donald Davie on A Various Art 59 T .j.G . Harris on Kathleen Rainc, Thomas Blackburn et al 62 Andrew Waterman on Hugo Williams and David Harsent 64 Neil Powell on Phoebe Hesketh

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Volume 16 Number 2

General Editors: MICHAEL SCHMIDT MICHAEL FREEMAN Contributing Editors:

DICK DAVIS JOHN PILLING NICOLAS TREDELL

STUART HOOD GABRIEL JOSIPOVICI ROBYN MARSACK

RUTH MORSE MARK THOMPSON Published six times a year.

Editorial office: 208-212 Corn Exchange Manchester M4 3BQ

All rights reserved.

Copyright © POETRY NATION REVIEW 1989 The editors acknowledge the financial assistanceof the Arts Council of Great

Britain Subscription (six issues): £16.50 (S28.50) individuals £21.00 (S36.00) institutions to PN REVIEW 208-212 Corn Exchange Manchester M4 3BQ

Manuscripts should be sent to the editonal otTicc jnd cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed and stamped envelope or by international reply coupons for writers living abroad. ISSN 0144-7076 The illustrations in this issue are from Thomas Bewick S e lected W orks edited by Robyn Marsack published by Carcanct Press

Printed in England by SRP Ltd. Exeter

3 Editorial 4 Letters 5 News & Notes

Reports 7 Leonardo Sciascia; An Honest Writer in a Difficult Land 8 J.M . Cohen 9 John Ashbery Two Poems 11 Christopher Middleton For Burning 16 F .T . Prince Crabbed Age and Youth 17 Edgar Bowers Three Poems 19 Adolf Muschg .. And Gifted with Hearing’ 24 E J . Scovell Tree in Light Wind 25 Thom Gunn at Sixty

26 Introduction 27 Thom Gunn Four Poems 29 Donald Hall Thom Gunn 31 Douglas Chambers Thom Gunn 32 Dick Davis Thom Gunn 33 Martin Dodsworth Gunn’s Rhymes 35 John Peck On Two Stanzas by Thom Gunn 37 Michael Schmidt Gunn, for example 38 Donald Davie Thom Gunn 39 Neil Powell Loud Music, Bars and Boisterous Men 42 Robert Pinsky Thom Gunn 44 Ted Hughes Lines about Elias 44 T im o th y Steele For Thom Gunn, Thinking o f him in Vermont 45 August Kleinzahler Two Poems for Thom Gunn 45 Clive Wilmer Letter to Thom Gunn 46 Janet Lewis Trophy W.W.l 46 Michael Vince For Thom Gunn’s Birthday 47 Helen Pinkerton On Caravaggio’s ‘Conversion o f St Paul’ 47 Dick Davis Two Medieval Persian Poems 47 R .L . Barth Elixir 47 Colin Falck An Art that Nature Makes 48 Charles GuIIans Directions 48 Vikram Seth Thom Gunn 48 Jim Powell Two Poems for Thom Gunn 49 Raymond Oliver My Sad Captains 49 Donald Davie Chernobyl. A Disaster 52 Jim Powell An Interview with Thom Gunn Reviews

Poetry 57 Donald Davie on A Various Art 59 T .j.G . Harris on Kathleen Rainc, Thomas Blackburn et al 62 Andrew Waterman on Hugo Williams and David Harsent 64 Neil Powell on Phoebe Hesketh

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