Tom Paulin
Tom Paulin’s latest book is The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer.
In the LRB Archive:
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Poem: ‘From ‘Oedipus at Colonus’’ · 9 April 2009
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Entrepreneurship: Ted Hughes and the Hare · 29 November 2007
- Letters of Ted Hughes edited by Christopher Reid
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Holy Boldness: John Bunyan · 16 December 2004
- Glimpses of Glory: John Bunyan and English Dissent by Richard Greaves
- Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan by Michael Davies
- The Portable Bunyan: A Transnational History of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by Isabel Hofmeyr
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Diary: Trimble’s virtues · 7 October 2004
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Gentlemen and ladies came to see the poet’s cottage: Clare’s anti-pastoral · 19 February 2004
- John Clare: A Biography by Jonathan Bate
- ‘I Am’: The Selected Poetry of John Clare edited by Jonathan Bate
- John Clare, Politics and Poetry by Alan Vardy
- John Clare Vol. V: Poems of the Middle Period 1822-37 edited by Eric Robinson, David Powell and P.M.S. Dawson
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Poem: ‘The Road to Inver’ · 25 September 2003
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Poem: ‘During the Countdown’ · 20 February 2003
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Poem: ‘On Being Dealt the Anti-Semitic Card’ · 2 January 2003
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Jangling Monarchy: Milton and the Regicides · 8 August 2002
- A Companion to Milton by Thomas N. Corns
- The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography by Barbara K. Lewalski
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Fugitive Crusoe on Daniel Defoe · 19 July 2001
- Daniel Defoe: Master of Fictions by Maximilian Novak
- Political and Economic Writings of Daniel Defoe edited by W.R. Owens and P.N. Furbank
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Poem: ‘Prologue’ · 25 January 2001
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Poem: ‘The Mechelen Incident’ · 24 August 2000
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James ‘Mick’ Magennis VC · 6 January 2000
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O brambles, chain me too: Life and Vowels of Andrew Marvell · 25 November 1999
- World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell by Nicholas Murray
- Marvell and Liberty edited by Warren Chernaik and Martin Dzelzainis
- Andrew Marvell edited by Thomas Healy
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Two Poems · 30 September 1999
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Diary: Summer in Donegal · 16 September 1999
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Poem: ‘Door Poem’ · 21 January 1999
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Diary on the Belfast agreement · 18 June 1998
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In the Workshop on Shakespeare’s Sonnets · 22 January 1998
- The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler
- Shakespeare's Sonnets edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones
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Poem: ‘The Unholy One?’ · 11 December 1997
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Poem: ‘The Wind Dog’ · 17 October 1996
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Undesirable · 9 May 1996
- T.S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form by Anthony Julius
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Three Poems in Memory of Charles Monteith 9 February 1921 – 9 May 1995 · 21 September 1995
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Diary · 24 August 1995
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Newland Park · 13 May 1993
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Poem: ‘Cadmus and the Dragon’ · 8 April 1993
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Donegal Diary · 8 October 1992
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Protestant Guilt · 9 April 1992
- Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes
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Three Poems · 7 March 1991
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Three Poems · 11 January 1990
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Out of the closet · 29 October 1987
- Emily Dickinson by Helen McNeil
- Emily Dickinson: Looking to Canaan by John Robinson
- Emily Dickinson: A Poet’s Grammar by Christanne Miller
- Emily Dickinson: The Poet on the Second Story by Jerome Loving
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Poem: ‘I am nature’ · 24 July 1986
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Dreadful Sentiments · 3 April 1986
- The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats. Vol. I: 1865-1895 edited by John Kelly and Eric Domville
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Poem: ‘Fivemiletown’ · 20 February 1986
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Risks · 1 August 1985
- On the Contrary by Miroslav Holub, translated by Ewald Osers
- The Lamentation of the Dead by Peter Levi
- Collected Poems by Peter Levi
- Elegies by Douglas Dunn
- Poems: 1963-1983 by Michael Longley
- Making for the Open: The Chatto Book of Post-Feminist Poetry edited by Carol Rumens
- Direct Dialling by Carol Rumens
- The Man Named East by Peter Redgrove
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Four Poems · 23 May 1985
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The Case for Geoffrey Hill · 4 April 1985
- Geoffrey Hill: Essays on his Work edited by Peter Robinson
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Poem: ‘At Mill with Slaves’ · 21 February 1985
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Two Poems · 6 September 1984
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The Road to Sligo · 17 May 1984
- Poetry and Metamorphosis by Charles Tomlinson
- Translations by Charles Tomlinson
- Conversation with the Prince by Tadeusz Rozewicz, translated by Adam Czerniawski
- Passions and Impressions by Pablo Neruda, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
- An Empty Room by Leopold Staff, translated by Adam Czerniawski
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Oscar and Constance · 17 November 1983
- The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd
- The Importance of Being Constance: A Biography of Oscar Wilde’s Wife by Joyce Bentley
- Mrs Oscar Wilde: A Woman of Some Importance by Anne Clark Amor
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Poem: ‘Yes, The Maternity Unit’ · 5 May 1983
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In an English market · 3 March 1983
- Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings by Angela Carter
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Poem: ‘Foot Patrol, Fermanagh’ · 10 January 1983
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Poem: ‘The Argument at Great Tew’ · 4 November 1982
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Poem: ‘Oxford v. Cambridge v. Birmingham etc’ · 2 September 1982
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Faculty at War · 17 June 1982
- Re-Reading English edited by Peter Widdowson
- Against Criticism by Iain McGilchrist
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Paisley’s Progress · 1 April 1982
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Britishmen · 5 November 1981
- Too Long a Sacrifice: Life and Death in Northern Ireland since 1969 by Jack Holland
- A History of Northern Ireland by Patrick Buckland
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Poem: ‘Presbyterian Study’ · 7 August 1980
Letters
8 March 2001, 28 October 1999, 1 July 1999, 12 December 1996, 1 August 1996, 6 June 1996, 23 November 1989, 1 August 1985, 6 June 1985, 5 July 1984, 1 September 1983, 1 April 1983, 3 February 1983, 19 August 1982
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