Against the Current - Softcover

Hampton, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904872238 ISBN 13: 9780904872231

Publisher: Katabasis, 1995

Synopsis

In his new collection, 'Against the Current', Hampton contends that poems should act as witnesses to their time and that poets, above all, cannot:

ignore the silences

that shut so many people in.
The poems in this three-part book, whose axis is London and Middle England, but whose range is much wider, with a time span from classical Rome to this morning's news, breathe and embody the urgency of the poet's essential task today: to resist acquiescence and stand Against the Current.

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'Hampton puts his faith in communication, an awareness of history and sheer commitment to the cause of onward progress.' -- Liberation

'Hampton's condemnation is passionate and just. . . neither shrill nor strident. He speaks with the voice of reason.' -- Lines

'I feel both anger and despair reading these but the poet's skill and unflinching dedication to his task keep my attention.' -- New Hope International

'I like Christopher Hampton's poems about the state of the nation. They're direct and angry.' -- Ambit

Edition details

• Publisher: Katabasis
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904872238
• ISBN 13: 9780904872231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72