Children of Albion: poetry of the 'Underground' in Britain; (The Penguin poets, D116) (Unknown Binding)

by Michael Horovitz (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 382 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140421165
• ISBN-13: 978-0140421163
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,403,083 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bright, shiny, burning symbol of its time, January 4, 2009

By	Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

England in the 1960s. The fervor of a dream near to realization, a new England, a new Albion distinct from the old one. Well, it obviously didn't turn out the way that they expected. Though look at England today, maybe they weren't completely off base.

Anyway, these poems are markers of their time. Worth looking at when thinking about the return of the Morris Dancers and the conflict/contrast(?) of the new weird England the old weird England.

5.0 out of 5 stars England's time in Eternity, May 15, 2008

By	William Timothy Lukeman - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The exuberant, joyous figure of William Blake's "Glad Day" that adorns this wonderful anthology tells you everything you need to know about it. Compiled & published during the glory days of the 1960s in England, it's an amazing collection of poems by young poets ablaze with wit, optimism, and visionary fire. There's celebration to be found in thse pages, and sensuality, and a righteous wrath at the stodgy Establishment, which was obviously going to fall in very short order, replaced by a golden new Albion. Alas, like so many other Romantic dreams, its flowers were doomed to fade all too quickly. But the poems remain, a reminder of hope & a pointer to unborn possibilities. And the lengthy stream-of-consciousness essay in the back will not only tell you about the poets, but convey the magical atmosphere of the era vividly. I doubt that we'll ever this this particular volume in print again, so if you should stumble across a copy, snap it up!