Oxford Poetry: Oxford Poetry Vol IX No 1 (Summer 1995)

Oxford Poetry Vol IX No 1 (Summer 1995)

From Fairie to the Somme: 1910-1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Into the Waste Land: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
New Age: 1936 1937
War and Movement: 1942-1943 1946:No 1 1946:No 2 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
The Fantasy: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960
"Fortnightly": 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3
Magazine: I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1 III.2 III.3 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3
Fin de siècle: V.1 V.2 V.3 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3 VII.1 VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2
Rebound: X.1 X.2 X.3 XI.1

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Published by Magdalen College 48pp
edited by Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith
no preface

Aside from Seamus Heaney's contribution, this issue is notable for printing the winning poem of the last Newdigate Prize to be awarded in the University to date: 'Judith with the Head of Holofernes' by Antony Dunn, who went on to be the last new poet published by Oxford University Press before its calamitously unpopular axeing of the poetry list.

Seamus Heaney: Judge's report on the Richard Ellmann Prize;

Catriona Clutterbuck: The Dry Mouth [reprinted as winner of the Richard Ellmann Prize];

John Davies: Bluegrass; A short history of the north Wales coast; Raven;

John Levett: A Fork; Only Available in Blue;

Gordon Mason: The Usual Inventory;

Robert Cole: Mars in Scorpio;

Robert Crawford: A Postal Interview by Sam Leith and Steve Burt; Cardigans;

Tim Masters: Learners; Pushkar;

Peter Reading: Lucretian;

Amanda Pilz: The House of Fame [to Czeslaw Milosz]; The Antipodes;

Diana Syder: Sediment;

Antony Dunn: Judith with the Head of Holofernes;

Alison Brackenbury: Coming Back; Margaret in Norway;

Jane Yeh: Revenger's Tragedy; (untitled);

Niko Canner: Matins; Vienna Meditation: Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1927;

Amanda Schaffer: Postcard, 1912; The Robin Moor, 1893;

Steve Burt: Old Curtains in Virginia; Patriotism;

John Davies: Breakaway: a review of "War Voices" by Tony Curtis and "Parables & Faxes" by Gwyneth Lewis;

Jenni Nuttall: Twenty-Six Rooms: a review of "The Good Life, The Dirty Life, and other stories" by Adam Schwartzman and "Liar, Jones" by Maggie Hannan;

Paddy Bullard: Space-Age Bachelor-Pad Music: a review of "The Ghost Orchid" by Michael Longley and "Rest for the Wicked" by Glyn Maxwell;

John Nichols: Smart Chickens, Rickety World: a review of "Frightening Toys" by Charles Simic;



			Oxford Poetry Vol IX No 1 (Summer 1995) From Fairie to the Somme: 1910-1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Into the Waste Land: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 New Age: 1936 1937 War and Movement: 1942-1943 1946:No 1 1946:No 2 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 The Fantasy: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 "Fortnightly": 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3 Magazine: I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1 III.2 III.3 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3 Fin de siècle: V.1 V.2 V.3 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3 VII.1 VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2 Rebound: X.1 X.2 X.3 XI.1 Back to Oxford Poetry Vol VIII No 3 (Spring 1995) * Forward to Oxford Poetry Vol IX No 2 (Winter 1995) * Home Published by Magdalen College 48pp edited by Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith no preface Aside from Seamus Heaney's contribution, this issue is notable for printing the winning poem of the last Newdigate Prize to be awarded in the University to date: 'Judith with the Head of Holofernes' by Antony Dunn, who went on to be the last new poet published by Oxford University Press before its calamitously unpopular axeing of the poetry list. Contents Seamus Heaney: Judge's report on the Richard Ellmann Prize; Catriona Clutterbuck: The Dry Mouth [reprinted as winner of the Richard Ellmann Prize]; John Davies: Bluegrass; A short history of the north Wales coast; Raven; John Levett: A Fork; Only Available in Blue; Gordon Mason: The Usual Inventory; Robert Cole: Mars in Scorpio; Robert Crawford: A Postal Interview by Sam Leith and Steve Burt; Cardigans; Tim Masters: Learners; Pushkar; Peter Reading: Lucretian; Amanda Pilz: The House of Fame [to Czeslaw Milosz]; The Antipodes; Diana Syder: Sediment; Antony Dunn: Judith with the Head of Holofernes; Alison Brackenbury: Coming Back; Margaret in Norway; Jane Yeh: Revenger's Tragedy; (untitled); Niko Canner: Matins; Vienna Meditation: Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1927; Amanda Schaffer: Postcard, 1912; The Robin Moor, 1893; Steve Burt: Old Curtains in Virginia; Patriotism; John Davies: Breakaway: a review of "War Voices" by Tony Curtis and "Parables & Faxes" by Gwyneth Lewis; Jenni Nuttall: Twenty-Six Rooms: a review of "The Good Life, The Dirty Life, and other stories" by Adam Schwartzman and "Liar, Jones" by Maggie Hannan; Paddy Bullard: Space-Age Bachelor-Pad Music: a review of "The Ghost Orchid" by Michael Longley and "Rest for the Wicked" by Glyn Maxwell; John Nichols: Smart Chickens, Rickety World: a review of "Frightening Toys" by Charles Simic; Copyright Oxford Poetry 2000. Pictured above: Detail from "Parnassus" by Nicholas Poussin

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