Style and influences Ruth Pitter

because of this, pitter overlooked critics of day, , has in recent years been seen important: reputation helped larkin s respect poetry (he included 4 of poems in oxford book of twentieth century english verse).

she friend of c. s. lewis, admired poetry , once said, according friend , biographer george sayer, if kind of man got married, have wanted marry ruth pitter. in correspondence between two, lewis critiqued work , made suggestions. more invited critique of poems. pitter considered many lewis scholars have had effect on writing in 1940s , 1950s.

w. b. yeats, robin skelton , thom gunn appreciated pitter s work , praised poetry. lord david cecil once remarked pitter 1 of original , moving poets living.

pitter s work continues published in anthologies, including:

the faber book of 20th century women s poetry, ed. fleur adcock (london: faber & faber, 1987), sparrow s skull , morning glory appear (pp. 77–78).
more poetry please! 100 popular poems bbc radio 4 programme (london: everyman, 1988), rude potato appears (pp. 101–02).
the oxford book of garden verse, ed. john dixon hunt (oxford: oxford university press, 1993), diehards , other people s glasshouses appear (pp. 236–41).
the norton anthology of literature women: traditions in english, 2nd edition, eds. sandra m. gilbert , susan gubar (new york: norton, 1996 [1985]), military harpist, irish patriarch, old nelly s birthday, , yorkshire wife s saga appear (pp. 1573–77).
the new penguin book of english verse, ed. paul keegan (london: allen lane, penguin press, 2000), lust appears (p. 962).




^ don w. king, anatomy of friendship: correspondence of ruth pitter , c. s. lewis, 1946–1962. mythlore, summer, 2003.