Veronica Forrest-Thomson
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Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975) grew up in Glasgow
, Scotland
, studied at the Universities of Liverpool
and Cambridge
, and later taught at the Universities of Leicester
and Birmingham
. She was both a poet
and a critical theorist, and her critical study Poetic Artifice: A Theory of Twentieth-Century Poetry was published by Manchester University Press in 1978. Her poetry collections included Identi-kit (1967), the award-winning Language-Games (1971) and the posthumous On the Periphery (1976). Subsequent gatherings of her work include Collected Poems and Translations (1990) and Selected Poems (1999). A further Collected Poems, minus the translations, was published in 2008 by Shearsman Books in association with Allardyce Book. Forrest-Thomson committed suicide in April 1975 at the age of 27.
Glasgow
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, Scotland
Scotland
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, studied at the Universities of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
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and Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and later taught at the Universities of Leicester
University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
and Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. She was both a poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and a critical theorist, and her critical study Poetic Artifice: A Theory of Twentieth-Century Poetry was published by Manchester University Press in 1978. Her poetry collections included Identi-kit (1967), the award-winning Language-Games (1971) and the posthumous On the Periphery (1976). Subsequent gatherings of her work include Collected Poems and Translations (1990) and Selected Poems (1999). A further Collected Poems, minus the translations, was published in 2008 by Shearsman Books in association with Allardyce Book. Forrest-Thomson committed suicide in April 1975 at the age of 27.
Further reading
- Isobel Armstrong, The Radical Aesthetic (2000)
- Jane Dowson & Alice Entwistle, A History of Twentieth-century British Women's Poetry (2005)
- Alison Mark, "Poetic Relations and Related Poetics: Veronica Forrest-Thomson and Charles Bernstein" in Romana Huk (ed.), Assembling Alternatives: Reading Postmodern Poetries Transnationally (2003)
- Alison Mark, Veronica Forrest-Thomson and Language Poetry (2001)
- Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Collected Poems and Translations (1990)
- Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Poetic Artifice: A Theory of Twentieth-century Poetry (1978)