Description
'Seaport' deals with many aspects of the history and development of Liverpool, drawing on a wide range of documentary sources, and culminating with a vivid account of what the national press called the 'Toxteth Riots' of 1981. This event is seen in the context of the repressive policing methods of the day, especially as directed at black youths ...[and] ...in the historical context of Liverpool's notorious role in the slave trade, and of subsequent patterns of racial discrimination ...(Peter Barry)
About the Author
Robert Hampson is Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was educated at King's College, University of London, and the University of Toronto; he gained an MA from the University of Toronto and his BA and Ph.D from the University of London. His critical publications include volumes devoted to Joseph Conrad and to Ford Madox Ford.He has been actively involved in poetry-as poet, editor and critic-since the early 1970s. During the 1970s he co-edited Alembic with Ken Edwards and Peter Barry and co-organised various reading series in London. In the late 1970s he co-organised 'Saturday Courses' at Lower Green Farm: whole-day events featuring Bob Cobbing, Eric Mottram and Allen Fisher. More recently, he has edited another, occasional magazine purge. He has co-edited (with Peter Barry) New British Poetries: The Scope of the Possible (Manchester University Press, 1993) and (with cris cheek) Allen Fisher (Salt, 2008). He also runs the TALKS series with Redell Olsen and Will Rowe, which was originally set up by Bob Perelman at King's College, London, and now takes place under the auspices of the Centre for Research in Poetics at Birkbeck College, London.
Book Information
ISBN 9781848610293
Author Robert Hampson
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Shearsman Books
Publisher Shearsman Books
Weight(grams) 123g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm
About the Author
Robert Hampson is Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was educated at King's College, University of London, and the University of Toronto; he gained an MA from the University of Toronto and his BA and Ph.D from the University of London. His critical publications include volumes devoted to Joseph Conrad and to Ford Madox Ford.He has been actively involved in poetry-as poet, editor and critic-since the early 1970s. During the 1970s he co-edited Alembic with Ken Edwards and Peter Barry and co-organised various reading series in London. In the late 1970s he co-organised 'Saturday Courses' at Lower Green Farm: whole-day events featuring Bob Cobbing, Eric Mottram and Allen Fisher. More recently, he has edited another, occasional magazine purge. He has co-edited (with Peter Barry) New British Poetries: The Scope of the Possible (Manchester University Press, 1993) and (with cris cheek) Allen Fisher (Salt, 2008). He also runs the TALKS series with Redell Olsen and Will Rowe, which was originally set up by Bob Perelman at King's College, London, and now takes place under the auspices of the Centre for Research in Poetics at Birkbeck College, London.
Book Information
ISBN 9781848610293
Author Robert Hampson
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Shearsman Books
Publisher Shearsman Books
Weight(grams) 123g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm
