H, V., & O: The Poetry of Tony Harrison

by Sandie Byrne

The letters H, v., and O are central to Harrison's poetry. "H" in the play "The Big H, " and many of Harrison's poems on language and class, stands for dropped aitches--missed rungs in his "ladder of aspiration," and for the chain of association he makes from the h]owl of the Leeds City coat of arms to Herod, H-block, H-bomb, and Hiroshima. "H" is also celebrated in its absence, in loving reaffirmations of the bonds of dialect, class, and family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719052955
• ISBN13: 9780719052958
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"