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 decease...