Читать книгу The Neglected Poetry - Maria Luisa González Biosca - Страница 6

Acknowledgements

First of all, I would like to show my appreciation to the person who woke my interest in poetry, Peter Vickers, who had been my teacher of Phonology at the University of Valencia. I had asked him about some poets for a literary paper and then he suggested poets from the First World War. Peter recited Wilfred Owen’s “Strange Meeting” by heart. I can still hear the echo of his voice.

I would also like to thank Concha de Sena, the person who put me in touch with Dr. Antonia Sánchez Macarro, a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Valencia, who I am grateful to for her guidance and advice in the early stages of my research. My greatest thanks, however, go to Dr. Juan José Martínez Sierra who was enthusiastic about my research project since the very first moment I presented it to him, and who encouraged me to compile this Anthology.

This Anthology owes its origin to a research project that took nearly four intensive years of research, preparation, deceptions and enlightenments, but eventually I believe it has led to fruitful work.

I sincerely appreciate all the unnamed people in the archives and libraries who have kindly helped me.