Reading Fiona Sampson: A Study in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

This book-length study by Professor Fiona Sampson provides a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the complete body of work of an eminent poet and contemporary woman of letters. It includes biographical insight and discusses the dominant rubric of Professor Sampson's poetic métier, prose in different genres, and literary practices over a decades-long career. The study demonstrates how the oeuvre crosses boundaries in literary writing and practices with fruitful results, evidencing the trajectory of a sensibility or structure of feeling that is intelligent, self-aware, and deeply empathic. A lucid, coherent, and compelling reading of Sampson's main works makes this book a valuable contribution to the study of major contemporary poets and writers, particularly contemporary women figures, in the British and international literary scenes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2021
Publisher: Anthem Press

This extensive book-length study delves into the life and work of a renowned, distinguished, and influential poet and contemporary woman of letters, Professor Fiona Sampson. It encompasses a comprehensive analysis and a nuanced interpretation of the entirety of Professor Sampson's artistic output to date. The study incorporates biographical insights and synthesizes its rigorous discussions of Professor Sampson's primary poetic métier, her prose in various genres, and the literary practices of a distinguished literary career spanning over a decade.

This critical work uncovers and showcases innovative and fruitful ways in which the subject matter crosses boundaries in literary writing and practices, yielding rich outcomes and providing evidence of these cross-currents in a manner that reveals the trajectory of a sensibility or structure of feeling. While possessing a high level of intelligence and self-awareness, this sensibility is also deeply empathetic.

A clear, coherent, and captivating reading of Sampson's major works makes this book a sparkling exploration and a much-needed contribution to the ongoing work on prominent contemporary poets and writers, particularly contemporary women figures, in the British and international literary scenes.

Weight: 316g
Dimension: 152 x 230 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839984532