This paper aims to demonstrate how much Adrian Henri’s poetry changed in his last years. As a member of the Liverpool Poets together with Roger McGough and Brian Patten, Adrian Henri was attracted by what Edward Lucie-Smith called ‘performativity’. The three of them very often played public readings. Their poetry was a real ‘oral’ literature, lyrical, as only British poetry can be. Mortified by a heart attack in the late ‘90s, Henri changed his life and literary stile, adopting a more subjective and romantic use of the words, whose main power was to be evocative as well as rich in symbols.

Di Piazza, E., Gannuscio, V., Soboleva, O., Agnetta, A., Chiavetta, E., Rizzo, M., et al. (2009). OF RAINSTORMS AND BUS STOPS PIOGGIA E COLORE NELLA POESIA POP INGLESE. LC RIVISTA ON-LINE DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI LETTERATURE E CULTURE EUROPEE., 2/2009(2).

OF RAINSTORMS AND BUS STOPS PIOGGIA E COLORE NELLA POESIA POP INGLESE

DI PIAZZA, Erika;
2009-01-01

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate how much Adrian Henri’s poetry changed in his last years. As a member of the Liverpool Poets together with Roger McGough and Brian Patten, Adrian Henri was attracted by what Edward Lucie-Smith called ‘performativity’. The three of them very often played public readings. Their poetry was a real ‘oral’ literature, lyrical, as only British poetry can be. Mortified by a heart attack in the late ‘90s, Henri changed his life and literary stile, adopting a more subjective and romantic use of the words, whose main power was to be evocative as well as rich in symbols.
2009
Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese
Di Piazza, E., Gannuscio, V., Soboleva, O., Agnetta, A., Chiavetta, E., Rizzo, M., et al. (2009). OF RAINSTORMS AND BUS STOPS PIOGGIA E COLORE NELLA POESIA POP INGLESE. LC RIVISTA ON-LINE DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI LETTERATURE E CULTURE EUROPEE., 2/2009(2).
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