The figure of the shaman in contemporary British poetry
By: by Shamsad Mortuza
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781443842082
Subjects: English poetry; History and criticism; Shamanism in literature
Description: The study examines the shamanic in poetry by exploring the work of five late modernist British poets: Iain Sinclair, Jeremy Prynne, Brian Catling, Barry MacSweeney and Maggie O'Sullivan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-201).