Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison: Poet of Radical Classicism, 1st Edition, provides the first book-length study of Tony Harrison's engagement with classical antiquity.

Author Edith Hall examines the aesthetic and political roles played by Greek and Latin literature across Harrison's poetry, plays, translations, and film poems. The study argues that his radical classicism stems from his conviction that poetry is public property meant to articulate communal concerns and political responsibilities.

Drawing on personal friendship with Harrison, Hall illustrates how his creative innovations reflect an understanding of the ancient Greek poetic imagination as inherently radical.