The return of Arthur: A poem of the future

by Martyn Skinner

"This is a modern epic, easy to read and an amazing piece of sustained, imaginative writing. There are moments of beautiful description and of pathos as well as of satiric humor." - John BetjemanThe inner flap says the poem tells of "the return of King Arthur to a post-Orwellian England." It continues, "The Return of Arthur, with its easy, supple style, its terrifying vision of a technocratic hell, its flashes of beauty and its deft satire of modern times, bids fair to outlast the work of many poets who have attracted more attention in recent years."The epigraph from Johnson on the title page of The Return of "To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty, has always been a delicious employment of the poets."

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1959