Seventeen Towers and Seven Gates: a poetry collection; and Digging in Gallowgate: a critical study
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of English Lit, Lang & Linguistics
Abstract
will explore the Morden Tower as a creative resource and assess the influence of its reading series
on the development of poetry in the North East. My research will deploy creative practice, literary
history, archival investigation, and interviews.
My collection, Seventeen Towers and Seven Gates, will derive its structure from Newcastle's towers,
walls, and gates, documenting encounters with figures, objects, and places around the Tower.
My study, Digging in Gallowgate, will examine the Tower's contribution to an emergent regional
poetics. I will analyse witness accounts, investigate archival resources, placing the Tower in its
cultural, social, and geopolitical contexts.
on the development of poetry in the North East. My research will deploy creative practice, literary
history, archival investigation, and interviews.
My collection, Seventeen Towers and Seven Gates, will derive its structure from Newcastle's towers,
walls, and gates, documenting encounters with figures, objects, and places around the Tower.
My study, Digging in Gallowgate, will examine the Tower's contribution to an emergent regional
poetics. I will analyse witness accounts, investigate archival resources, placing the Tower in its
cultural, social, and geopolitical contexts.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| William Herbert (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Stephen Kendall (Student) |