Poetry and Performance During the British Poetry Revival 1960-1980

The book "Poetry and Performance During the British Poetry Revival 1960-1980" by Juha Virtanen offers a comprehensive examination of the connections between poetry and performance during the British poetry renaissance. It focuses on four significant performance events, including the first international poetry incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall in 1965 and Denise Riley's first public reading at the Cambridge Poetry Festival in 1977. By utilizing a variety of archival resources, recordings, and interviews, Virtanen provides detailed analyses of these largely unexplored events and highlights the potential dialogues between them. The previously unpublished interviews with Allen Fisher and Denise Riley included in the appendix broaden the perspectives on this period and its influence on poetry. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in innovative British poetry and its forms of performance.