Fantasy Press (poetry)

Fantasy Press (poetry)

The Fantasy Press was an English publisher of poetry between 1951 and 1959.

The company was established by Oscar Mellor in Swinford, Oxfordshire primarily to finance his work as a surrealist artist, [ [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n03/letters.html You Muddy Fools] Letter by Trevor Denning to the London Review of Books, 7 February 2002] but gained a high profile through discovering a series of poets who became major figures of The Movement.

Poets who had early works published by the Fantasy Press include Elizabeth Jennings, [ [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,584000,00.html Obituary: Elizabeth Jennings] Grevel Lindop, The Guardian, Wednesday October 31, 2001] Thom Gunn, [ [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2800 Thom Gunn (1929 - 2004)] The Poetry Foundation] and Philip Larkin. [ [http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm Biography - Philip Larkin (1922-85)] The Philip Larkin Society]

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