Abstract
The essay offers a close-reading of Jeff Hilson's 'A Barry Bendy Poem'. 'A Barry Bendy Poem' initially presents itself as a site-specific poem about Cambridge; it then builds up a picture of 1970s Cambridge - the Garden House Hotel Riot, the new country boundaries - within an evocation of the wider culture of the 1970s: feminist protests against Miss World; the Angry Brigade; the Cod Wars, Northern Ireland; joining the EEC. The essay tracks these topographical and period references and discloses the poem's deeper engagement with 1970's sexual abuse.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Hilson Hilson |
| Subtitle of host publication | the poetry of jeff hilson |
| Editors | Richard Parker |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Crater Press |
| Pages | 144-55 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9-781716-576447 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Jeff Hilson
- A Barry Bendy Poem
- Cambridge
- 1970s
- Rolf Harris
- Operation Yewtree
- Garden House Hotel Riot
- Anna Mendelsson
- Grace Lake
- Angry Brigade
- Miss World
- heraldry
- Pink Floyd
- Cod Wars
- Baroness Butler Sloss
- flippancy
- Sexual abuse