Veronica forrest thomson biography of william

But already she had also developed a deep admiration for William Empson's work, which she saw to combine its own determined adherence to.

Born in Malaya and raised in Glasgow, she published a first poetry collection at 20 and gravitated to Cambridge, where she was taught by JH.

During her time at Cambridge Forrest-Thomson completed her PhD thesis Poetry as Knowledge, which was submitted in the June of , the year of publication of.

Veronica Forrest-Thomson (–75) was a poet, a critic, and a literary theorist who specialized in poetry and poetics.

No poet associated with the Cambridge School has written theoretical prose as objectionable as Veronica Forrest-Thomson's.

During her time at Cambridge Forrest-Thomson completed her PhD thesis Poetry as Knowledge, which was submitted in the June of , the year of publication of.!

Papers of Veronica Forrest-Thomson, 1937 - 2011

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Forrest-Thomson

Scope and Contents

The papers listed here include some personal and biographical materials; papers and correspondence relating to publication of Veronica Forrest-Thomson's work (chiefly posthumous publications); and some of her written work (published and unpublished).
The bulk of the collection was donated to Girton College in 2012 by Jonathan Culler, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University: he was married to Veronica Forrest-Thomson in the 1970s and is her literary executor.

The papers were initially collated by Dr Gareth Farmer, who is a Lecturer in English at Bedfordshire University and whose PhD thesis examined the poetry and critical work of Veronica Forrest-Thomson. Others who are mentioned in the catalogue include Anthony Barnett, editor, of Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers, of Lewes, East Sussex, who