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David Jones on the BBC

By Richard | March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 by Richard

A quick post today to mention the BBC 4 documentary on David Jones’ In Parenthesis, which I watched last night (it’s still available on the BBC’s website and on catch-up if you have it). I thought it was excellent. Follow the link below to watch it on the BBC website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07kt9pj Regular readers of my blog (all three of you!) will know that In Parenthesis was one of the first books I referenced in my…

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From My Poetry Bookshelf – David Jones – In Parenthesis

By Richard | January 17, 2021 by Richard

When people think of poetry from the First World War, they tend to think of Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg. Few think of David Jones. Yet when In Parenthesis was published in 1937, WH Auden described it as “The greatest book about the First World War” and TS Eliot called it “A Masterpiece”. In Parenthesis is in 7 parts and 187 pages long, with 30 additional pages of notes and references. It’s hard to categorise – poetry?…