“I HACK AND HAMMER AT THE HANDIWORK OF VERSE” AN EXPLORATION OF NORMAN NICHOLSON’S POETRY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) was the foremost Cumbrian poet of his period and was honoured with several awards, including the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry (1977). Proud to be a regional poet, Nicholson’s work in many genres was nationally and internationally known and respected. Indeed, as his Guardian obituary notes, ‘some critics considered him the best 

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