Cambridge Literary Review
The Cambridge Literary Review (CLR) is a literary magazine published three times per year. It is edited by Lydia Wilson and Rosie Šnajdr and is run from Trinity Hall college at the University of Cambridge in England. It was founded in 2009 by Boris Jardine and Lydia Wilson with assistance from the University's 800th anniversary fund.[1] It publishes poetry, short fiction and criticism, and although its commitment to experimental and often difficult works is influenced by the 'Cambridge School' of poetry it has included contributions by writers from around the world and in many languages. It has received notice in The Times Literary Supplement.[2]
Volume I (issues 1–3)
The first two issues include: poetry by J. H. Prynne, John Wilkinson, John Kinsella, Keston Sutherland, Drew Milne, Andrea Brady, Nick Potamitis, Francesca Lisette, Stephen Rodefer, Alice Notley, Posie Rider, Peter Riley, John James, Avery Slater, Alexander Nemser, Geoffrey Hartman, Ray Crump, Sara Crangle, Ian K. Patterson, Rod Mengham, Anna Mendelssohn, Debora Greger, Marianne Morris, Charles Madge; prose, fiction and essays are by Rosie Šnajdr, Helen MacDonald, Charles Lambert, Justin Katko, among others.
The first issue was dedicated to Cambridge writing, including a long section of essays dedicated to the topic by Jeremy Noel-Tod, Andrew Duncan, Elaine Feinstein, Richard Berengarten, Robert Archambeau, et al. Other essays are included by Raymond Geuss on 'productive obscurity', Stefan Collini on the study of the humanities, Rebecca Stott on historical fiction and Philip Pettit on the now-defunct Cambridge Review. This issue proved controversial, engaging the editors in correspondence with the Times Literary Supplement over comments by reviewer J.C.[3] Similarly, a number of writers associated with Cambridge took up the claims of Robert Archambeau's essay; these responses were discussed on his blog,[4] and a selection were published in CLR issue 2.
Issue 3 was dedicated to the theme of 'translation', though the term was taken very loosely, the editors stating that the contents were "not so much straight translations, as meditations on or digressions from the manifold practices, protocols and theories of translation.".[5] This issue featured new work from poets Anne Blonstein, Jonty Tiplady, Rich Owens, as well as translations from Osip Mandelstam, Henri Deluy, Charles Baudelaire, and Hermann Hesse. The prose and essay sections featured Kurt Schwitters, Eric Hazan, Jeremy Hardingham, André Gide and Emily Critchley. A notable essay on the translation of difficult poetry by J. H. Prynne was published, alongside theoretical and historical studies by Nick Jardine, David Bellos, Lydia Davis and others.
Again the issue did not escape unfavourable comment in the N.B. column of the Times Literary Supplement; however, in November 2010 Robert Potts discussed the CLR favourably and at length in his essay review concerning J. H. Prynne.[6]
Volume II (issues 4–6)
CLR4 came out in late November, and contains new poetry by Jean Day, Lisa Robertson, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Vanessa Place (with a commentary by Emily Critchley), as well as by Simon Jarvis, Jesse Drury and John Wilkinson; prose and fiction is by Iain Sinclair, Raymond Geuss, John Matthias and Lorqi Bilnk.
References
- ^ University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary website
- ^ Potts, Robert. "J. H. Prynne, a poet for our times", Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ Times Literary Supplement Letters section, 21 October 2009, Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ Archambeau, Robert. "Cambridge Poetry and Political Ambition", Samizdat Blog, 10 May 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010
- ^ "Editorial", Cambridge Literary Review 3 June 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010
- ^ Potts, Robert. "J. H. Prynne, a poet for our times", Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010.