Poetry London (1939–1951) Explained

Poetry London: A Bi-Monthly of Modern Verse and Criticism was a leading London-based literary periodical published intermittently between 1939 and 1951.^[1] It was edited by Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu.

Contributors included Dylan Thomas, Herbert Read, Stephen Spender, George Barker, Lawrence Durrell.

References

1. Book: Tolley, A. Trevor. The Poetry of the Forties in Britain. 1985. McGill–Queen's University Press. 978-0-88629-028-3. 118–119.

Further reading

• Book: Tolley, A. Trevor. British Literary Periodicals of World War II & Aftermath: A Critical History. 2007. Golden Dog Press. 978-1-894908-07-8. en. Chapter 10: Tambimuttu and Poetry London.
• Encyclopedia: 37. The Apocalyptic Poets, 'New Modernism' and 'The Progressive View of Art': Poetry London (1939-51) and Indian Writing (1940-2). Keery. James. Brooker. Peter. The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume I: Britain and Ireland 1880-1955. Thacker. Andrew. 2009. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-921115-9.
• Dickins, Anthony. "Tambimuttu and Poetry London". London Magazine 5.8 (1965).
• Beckett. Chris. 2019. Tambimuttu and the Poetry London Papers at the British Library: Reputation and Evidence. Electronic British Library Journal. en.
• Book: Ranasinha. Ruvani. South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain: Culture in Translation. Ranasinha. Senior Lecturer King's College London Ruvani. 2007. Clarendon Press. 978-0-19-920777-0. 118–120. en.
• Book: Williams, Jane. Tambimuttu: Bridge Between Two Worlds. 1989. Owen. 978-0-7206-0718-5. 277–282. en.
• Book: Maclaren-Ross, Julian. Memoirs of the Forties. 1991. Cardinal. 978-0-7474-0765-2. 135–151. en.