Reviews for Responses

The average rating for Responses based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-25 00:00:00 Rich Wynbeek Another book from my gilded youth, primarily used as a prop to appear esoteric and foppish at work. In as much as you can appear esoteric and foppish wearing a lurid purple blazer, sat on a till in Terry Tescos scanning beans. The collection belonged to my uncle, who is a bit ace (artists, Peak District warden, friend of Hawkwind) so I've kept it - and I'm glad I did. I always liked Charles Causley, but age has brought a new appreciation of the others in the collection; the barely-contained violence of Ted Hughes, the pastoral whimsy of Laurie Lee and the likes of Alan Ross, RS Thomas and John Betjeman. James Kirkup remains pretentiously wanky though, so maybe skip him.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-21 00:00:00 Joseph Malatesta I've read the section I need to, and I am doubtless that I will be reading it again and again in future for the essay I have to write. I wish I could read the whole thing but at this moment in time - I haven't any! This is the same problem I had for Metamorphoses. However, I love these poems. We were focusing on the Spanish Civil War poetry, a war that came between WWI and WWII but is often overshadowed by both. It was one of the first wars where British citizens really saw in the press the horrors of war. If the rest of the 1930s collection is as good as the Spanish Civil War poems, then this book easily deserved the rating I have awarded it.