Oldham
Frank Kermode, 22 May 1980
The Reign of Sparrows
by Roy Fuller.
London Magazine Editions, 69 pp., £3.95, February 1980,0 904388 29 8 Show More
by Roy Fuller.
London Magazine Editions, 69 pp., £3.95, February 1980,
Souvenirs
by Roy Fuller.
London Magazine Editions, 191 pp., £4.95, February 1980,0 904388 30 1 Show More
by Roy Fuller.
London Magazine Editions, 191 pp., £4.95, February 1980,
“... Forty years ago, Roy Fuller was taking a close look at himself and finding the image unsatisfying, already a little disappointed. This one is remembered for a lyric. His place and period – nothing could be duller. In his new book of poems there is one called ‘On Birkett Marshall’s Rare Poems of the 17th Century’: Coppinger, Pordage, Collop, Fayne, Fettiplace, Farley, Chamberlain – They could be the darling poets of my youth: I almost search among the names for mine ... ”