W. S. Graham and Lyric Self-Consciousness

Sam Buchan-Watts is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Fine Art at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of the poetry collection Path Through Wood (Prototype, 2021) and co-editor of Try To Be Better (Prototype, 2019), a creative-critical engagement with W. S. Graham.

• Chapter 1- Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Silence of a certain shape: Self-consciousness, Space and Silence.- Chapter 3 - Graham and the St Ives Artists: Self-Conscious Space.- Chapter 4 - Nostalgia of a form: Graham’s Self-Conscious Balladry.- Chapter 5 - I have to choose a way: Graham, William Empson and The Dark Intention.-  Chapter 6 - Unquiet as a Talkative Ear: Graham and Denise Riley.- Chapter 7 - Conclusion.