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Oxford Poetry Vol I No 2 (Autumn 1983)From Fairie to the Somme: 1910-1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Back to Oxford Poetry Vol I No 1 (June 1983) * Forward to Oxford Poetry Vol I No 3 (Spring 1984) * Home Published by Magdalen College 44pp Another staple of Oxford Poetry's magazine existence began with this issue, when D. J. Enright set the Rilke Translation Competition. The pattern of the Translation Competition was that the text in German (or whatever language) would be printed in one issue, with translations invited, and the winning translation or translations would be printed in the next.
Contents
Peter McDonald: Triumphs (1. The triumph of love; 2. The triumph of chastity; 3. The triumph of fame; 4. The triumph of death; 5. The triumph of time); Anne Stevenson: Interview; Red Rock Fault, Two Years Later (for Frances Horovitz, 7th October 1983); Nigel Purdy: View from a High Window; Lyric; Mick Herron: A Firm Persuasion; David Norbrook: Iona; Hard Water; Dennis O'Driscoll: Sanctuary; Steve Ellis: Virgil (after Pound): Messina, 21 BC; Martin Stokes: La Plaza de San Felipe Neri; Mick Imlah: Interview by Nicholas Jenkins; Doing It; Visiting St Anthony; Henry Hart: The Poetry of Geoffrey Hill; Copyright Oxford Poetry 2000. Pictured above: Detail from "Parnassus" by Nicholas Poussin |