Briggflatts

Briggflatts

Briggflatts is a long poem by Basil Bunting. It is subtitled 'An Autobiography'.

The name 'Briggflatts' comes from a Quaker community near Sedbergh. Bunting visited Briggflatts as a schoolboy: the family of a schoolfriend lived there, and Bunting developed a strong attachment to his friend's sister, Peggy Greenbank. The poem's dedication reads 'For Peggy'.

The poem has a five part structure. It was first performed on December 22, 1965 at the Morden Tower, and published in 1966 by Fulcrum Presscite web
author = Basil Bunting Poetry Centre
date = 2001-10-19
url = http://www.dur.ac.uk/basil_bunting_poetry.centre/bunchron.htm
title = Basic Bunting - A Basic Chronology
accessdate = 2006-12-01] .

Another Bunting poem has the word 'Briggflatts' in its title. The short poem 'At Briggflatts meetinghouse' (1975)cite web
author = Jacket Magazine
year = 1999 | month = October
url = http://jacketmagazine.com/10/bunt-brig.html
title = Basil Bunting - poem - At Briggflatts meetinghouse (1975)
work = Jacket Magazine
accessdate = 2006-12-01] cite web
author = Basil Bunting Poetry Centre
date = 2004-02-25
url = http://www.dur.ac.uk/basil_bunting_poetry.centre/bnquot.html#3
title = Bunting texts
accessdate = 2006-12-01 Cites the poem as "Odes II:11, 1975".] is set at the Briggflatts Meeting House (from 1675) in the hamlet of Briggflatts.

External links

* [http://slought.org/content/11120/ "Briggflatts" recording] Read by the author (mp4)

References


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