Craig Raine, born in 1944, is an English contemporary poet and a key figure of Martian poetry. Martian poetry, which he co-pioneered, expresses alienation and often uses metaphysical comparisons, though it can tend towards simplicity.
Craig Raine, born in 1944, is an English contemporary poet and a key figure of Martian poetry. Martian poetry, which he co-pioneered, expresses alienation and often uses metaphysical comparisons, though it can tend towards simplicity.
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| Back | Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL (born 3 December 1944) is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects, sometimes to a metaphysical degree, but tending towards being simplistic. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor. He has been the editor of Areté since 1999. |
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