Robert Sheppard. Courtesy RobertSheppard.weebly.com.
Robert Sheppard (born 1955) is an English poet and literary critic. He is at the forefront of the movement sometimes called "linguistically innovative poetry".[1]
Life[]
Robert Sheppard was educated at the University of East Anglia (BA; MA; PhD).
In 1996 he moved from London to Liverpool to teach at Edge Hill University as professor of poetry and poetics, and programme leader of the M.A. in creative writing.[2] In 1996, Sheppard became Emeritus Professor at Edge Hill.[3]
Sheppard has edited important studies of poets Roy Fisher and Lee Harwood, and is editor of the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry" and the blogzine "Pages".
Writing[]
Sheppard's magnum opus is his long-running work Twentieth Century Blues, composed over many years, and published piece-meal before Salt Publishing brought out the complete work in 2008.
"Hymns to the God in which My Typewriter Believes", published in 2006, illustrates Sheppard's view of poetry as an art among many, as it alludes to and builds on other artforms. Sheppard's sonnet sequence, Warrant Error was published by Shearsman Books in 2009.
Critical reputation[]
According to Sean Colletti, Sheppard is a major talent, whose use of form includes precise use of the couplet,[4] while Alan Baker calls his work "political poetry of the first order."[5]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Flashlight Sonata. London: Oasis Books, 1988; Exeter, UK: Stride, 1993.
- Daylight Robbery. Exeter, UK: Stride, 1990.
- Empty Diaries. Exeter, UK: Stride, 1998.
- The Lores. London: Reality Street, 2003.
- The Anti-Orpheus: A Notebook. Exeter, UK: Shearsman, 2004.
- Tin Pan Arcadias. Cambridge, UK: Salt Publishing, 2004.
- Hymns to the God in which My Typewriter Believes. Exeter, UK: Stride, 2006.
- Complete Twentieth Century Blues. Cambridge, UK: Salt Publishing, 2008.
- Warrant Error. Exeter, UK: Shearsman, 2009.
- Berlin Bursts. Exeter, UK: Shearsman, 2011,
- A Translated Man. Bristol, UK: Shearsman, 2013.
Chapbooks and pamphlets[]
- Dedicated to you but you weren’t listening: Homage to the Soft Machine. London: Writers Forum, 1979.
- Returns: Texts. London: Textures, 1985.
- Private Number. London: Northern Lights, 1986.
- Letter from the Blackstock Road. London: Oasis Books, 1988.
- Internal Exile: The Flashlight Sonata, Book 2. Southampton, UK: Torque Press, 1988.
- Codes and Diodes (with Bob Cobbing). London: Writers Forum, 1991.
- Fox Spotlights. Cheltenham. UK: Short Run Press, 1995.
- Free Fists (with Patricia Farrell). London: Writers Forum, 1996.
- Robert Sheppard. Sutton, Surrey, UK: Sub Voicive Poetry, 1996.
- Neutral Drums (with Patricia Farrell). London: Writers Forum, 1999.
- Blatent Blather / Virulent Whoops (with Bob Cobbing). London: Writers Forum, 2001.
- Risk Assessment (with Rupert Loydell & Alan Halsey). Damaged Goods, 2006.
- The Given. Newton-le-Willows, UK: Knives, Forks and Spoons, 2010.
- The Only Life. Newton-le-Willows, UK: Knives, Forks and Spoons, 2012.
- HAP: Understudies of Thomas Wyatt's Petrarch. Newton-le-Willows, UK: Knives, Forks and Spoons, 2018.
Non-fiction[]
- Far Language: Poetics and linguistically innovative poetry, 1978-1997. Exeter, UK: Stride, 1999.
- The Poetry of Saying: British poetry and its discontents, 1950-2000; Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 2005.
- Iain Sinclair. Tavistock, Devon, UK: Northcote House, 2007; Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 2018.
- Words Out of Time: Autobiographies and rewritings. Newton-le-Willows, UK: Knives, Forks and Spoons, 2015.
- The Meaning of Form in Contemporary Innovative Poetry. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edited[]
- Floating Capital: New Poets from London. Elmwood, CT: Potes and Poets Press, 1991.
- News for the Ear: A homage to Roy Fisher 9with Peter Robinson). Exeter, UK: Stride, 2000.
- Salt Companion to Lee Harwood. London: Salt, 2009.
- Paul Evans, The Door of Taldir: Selected poems. Exeter, UK: Shearsman, 2009.
Robert Sheppard- The Bird Poem
- Twitters for a Lark - Poetry of the European Union of Imaginary Authors. Bristol, UK: Shearsman, 2017.
Except where noted, bibliobraphical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Oxford Anthology of British and Irish Poetry
- ↑ - Salt Contemporary Writers
- ↑ - Edge Hill University website
- ↑ - Stride Magazine "Wandering Around - Sean Colletti reviews "Berlin Bursts"
- ↑ - Litter Magazine - Alan Baker reviews "Warrant Error".
- ↑ Search results = au:Robert Sheppard, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 15, 2021.
External links[]
- Poems
- 3 poems by Robert Sheppard at Anthropocene
- Robert Sheppard poetry at Sangam (profile & 6 poems)
- Robert Sheppard at Jacket2 (profile & 10 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Robert Sheppard at Amazon.com
- About
- Robert Sheppard Official website
- Robert Sheppard Pages - Official weblog
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