Tony Harrison and the Classics comprises fifteen chapters examining the lasting importance of Tony Harrison's classical education, the extent of the influence o

Timeline of Tony Harrison's classics-informed works -- 'Models of eloquence' : radical classicism -- 'Stone bodies' : statuary in The loiners (1970) and Pallada

AbbreviationsForeword, Lord GowrieIntroduction: Tony Harrison's Public Poetry, Sandie Byrne1. The Best Poet of 1961, Desmond Graham2. Tony Harrison the Playwrig

Tony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984-85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene gr

This collection of essays explores the extensive use of Latin and Greek literary texts in a range of recent poetry written in English. It contains both contribu