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Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine and Christopher Reid.
The term Martianism has also been applied more widely to include fiction as well as to poetry. The word martianism is, coincidentally, an anagram of the name of one of its principal exponents, Martin Amis, who promoted the work of both Raine and Reid in the Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman.[1]
Perhaps the best-known Martian poetry is Craig Raine's "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" in which a Martian attempts to describe everyday human interactions and habits from his own point of view.
Martianpoetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are described in...
contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a pioneer of Martianpoetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects...
poets, including Derek Mahon and Paul Muldoon. In the 1960s and 1970s Martianpoetry aimed to break the grip of 'the familiar', by describing ordinary things...
assignment from Yorke's time at Abingdon School to write a piece of "Martianpoetry", a British literary movement that humorously recontextualises mundane...
metaphors, Martianpoetry aimed to break the grip of "the familiar" in English poetry, by describing ordinary things as if through the eyes of a Martian. The...
San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s. However, others (e.g., Alan Watts, Ralph J. Gleason)...
and the poetry of Arthur Hugh Clough. These poets are not generally included in the Spasmodic school by modern literary critics. Spasmodic poetry was extremely...
Martianpoetry aimed to break the grip of 'the familiar' by describing ordinary things in unfamiliar ways, for example, through the eyes of a Martian...
Earth to the dying world of Mars where he meets and romances the beautiful Martian princess Dejah Thoris. Ten sequels followed over the next three decades...
College, Oxford, where she participated in a poetry group that had a particular interest in Martianpoetry and shared a flat with Christopher Reid. Kaveney...
This article focuses on poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language. The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the...
Mervyn Peake, Edward Gorey, Colin West, Dr. Seuss, and Spike Milligan. The Martian Poets and Ivor Cutler are considered by some to be in the nonsense tradition...
Raine (born 1944): English poet and critic, the best-known exponent of Martianpoetry. Ayn Rand (1905–1982): Russian-born American author and founder of Objectivism...
Kong-born English poet, essayist, cartoonist, writer and exponent of Martianpoetry May 15 – Alice Major, Scottish-born Canadian poet June 21: John Agard...
for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country...
forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents...
lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by Gothic literature, poetry, mythology and horror films. The band consists of its founding member, vocalist...
Hillbillies. Around this time, Gibson appeared in an episode of My Favorite Martian. Gibson spent three years as part of the Laugh-In television show's cast...
mixed critical reaction. One science fiction short story by Chabon, "The Martian Agent", was described by a reviewer as "enough to send readers back into...
ethnic/racial divisions: The Green Martians are represented on Earth by the Martian Manhunter. The Red Martians. The White Martians (aka "Pole Dwellers") are led...
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