1 Space and time, myth and place
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Brian Baker
Abstract
This chapter examines the ‘British poetry revival’ that Sinclair was engaged in when he wrote and published Lud Heat and Suicide Bridge. It considers the importance of William Blake to Suicide Bridge, and examines the factors that were used to define the poetic practice of the British poetry revival poets. It then shows how Sinclair adopted Michael Faraday's conception of the field for the purposes of cultural and social critique, and how Sinclair included the fourth dimension—namely time—in the Suicide Bridge. Finally, it shows how Nicholas Hawksmoor helped Sinclair reimagine London and its myths, and discusses Sinclair's troubling and conflicted understanding of the workings of myth and the scientific metaphors he used in his works.
Abstract
This chapter examines the ‘British poetry revival’ that Sinclair was engaged in when he wrote and published Lud Heat and Suicide Bridge. It considers the importance of William Blake to Suicide Bridge, and examines the factors that were used to define the poetic practice of the British poetry revival poets. It then shows how Sinclair adopted Michael Faraday's conception of the field for the purposes of cultural and social critique, and how Sinclair included the fourth dimension—namely time—in the Suicide Bridge. Finally, it shows how Nicholas Hawksmoor helped Sinclair reimagine London and its myths, and discusses Sinclair's troubling and conflicted understanding of the workings of myth and the scientific metaphors he used in his works.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Series editor’s foreword ix
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Space and time, myth and place 33
- 2 Whitechapel autopsy 60
- 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque 80
- 4 Internal exiles 103
- 5 The visual text 117
- 6 Driven to the margins 138
- 7 Borderlands 161
- References 180
- Index 189
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Series editor’s foreword ix
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Space and time, myth and place 33
- 2 Whitechapel autopsy 60
- 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque 80
- 4 Internal exiles 103
- 5 The visual text 117
- 6 Driven to the margins 138
- 7 Borderlands 161
- References 180
- Index 189
