Basil Bunting Collection 1970-1987

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Basil Bunting Collection 1970-1987

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This collection includes journal issues featuring articles pertaining to the life and work of British poet Basil Bunting; photocopies of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Bunting family; photocopies of notes made by Bunting's wife, Marian; text and photographs from a posthumous exhibit about Bunting in Northumberland; postcards and brochures illustrating Bunting's tombstone in the Brigflatts Burial Ground, the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace, and other English landmarks; and a recording of Bunting reading Briggflatts at the University of British Columbia, November 20, 1970, with an introduction by Peter Quartermain.

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Bunting, Basil

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Although British educator, journalist, and poet Basil Bunting has published numerous books of poetry, most critics consider Briggflatts: an autobiography his best work. Bunting was born on March 1, 1900, in Scotswood, Northumberland, England and died on April 17, 1985, in Hexham, England. From the description of Briggflatts : an autobiography : typescript, 1965. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 503472339 British modernist poet. From the descr...

Forde, Victoria

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Basil Bunting (1900-1985) was one of the leaders of the British literary avant-garde. Critics describe his poetry as reflecting the influences of Robert Browning, William Wordsworth, and his friend, Ezra Pound. Pound's support of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is thought to have adversely affected how Bunting's writings were accepted. A Quaker, Bunting was jailed as a conscientious objector during World War I. He attended the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 to 1922....