Basil Bunting, Loquitur

Glyn Pursglove (Swansea University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1963

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poem collection

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Loquitur

brought together a selection of Bunting's work, most of it previously published. Its publication was part of the revival of interest in, and publication of, Bunting's verse in the mid 1960s. It was published in the same year as the

First Book of Odes

and the earliest appearance of

The Spoils

in book form.

Loquitur

contained all the poems which also appeared in

The First Book of Odes

and five of Bunting's longer poems: “Villon”, “Attis: Or, Something Missing”; “Aus dem Zweiten Reich”, “The Well of Lycopolis” and “Chomei at Toyama”) (all of which had previously appeared in

Poems: 1950

); Bunting the translator was represented by “How Duke Valentine Contrived” (a version from Machiavelli which had also appeared previously in

Poems: 1950

) and four short poems…

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Citation: Pursglove, Glyn. "Loquitur". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3881, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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