Orality, Form, and Lyric Unity: Poetics of Michael Donaghy and Don Paterson

Orality, Form, and Lyric Unity examines the poetic works of Michael Donaghy and Don Paterson and their advancement of a poetics of sound, sense, and language of meaning.

Beverley Nadin was awarded a doctorate in Creative Writing by Newcastle University, UK, in 2019. Her poetry has won, among other prizes, second prize in the Poetry London competition and a commendation in the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition. Her poems are published in journals and anthologies including PN Review, The Rialto, Magma, The North, and Long Poem Magazine. This will be her first critical publication. She has no current academic affiliation.