Speaking to You

Speaking to You examines our pleasures in, accounts of, and uses for British poetry today. It explores the work of four important poets writing post-1960--Don Paterson, Geoffrey Hill, W.S. Graham, and C.H. Sisson--in order to show how contemporary British poetry''s creative handling of addresses to ''you'' are key in its interactions with readers, critics, lovers, editors, fellow poets, and decea...