Tony Harrison and the Classics comprises fifteen chapters examining the lasting importance of Tony Harrison's classical education, the extent of the influence o

This is the first book-length study of the classicism of Tony Harrison, one of the most important contemporary poets in England and the world. It argues that hi

This is the first book-length study of the classicism of Tony Harrison, one of the most important contemporary poets in England and the world. It argues that hi

AbbreviationsForeword, Lord GowrieIntroduction: Tony Harrison's Public Poetry, Sandie Byrne1. The Best Poet of 1961, Desmond Graham2. Tony Harrison the Playwrig

Tony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984-85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene gr