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Innovative Poetry in Britain has undergone considerable change in how it is published and read in recent years. This article examines Richard Caddel and Peter Quartermain’s 1998 introduction to their anthology OTHER: British and Irish Poetry since 1970, to derive concepts useful in surveying the field. These concepts include: the poetics of displacement, the politics of British identity, and the tradition of dissent. The article introduces the work of three innovative poets: Robert Sheppard (b. 1955), Caroline Bergvall (b. 1962) and Andrea Brady (b. 1974), in order to illustrate the dynamic range of this writing.En los últimos años, la manera de publicar y de leer la poesía innovadora en el Reino Unido ha experimentado cambios considerables. Como punto de partida para examinar conceptos útiles en este campo, el presente artículo estudia la introducción de Richard Caddel y Peter Quartermain de 1988 a su antología OTHER: British and Irish Poetry since 1970. Entre tales conceptos se incluyen: la poética del desplazamiento, políticas de identidad británica y la tradición de la disensión. El artículo presenta el trabajo de tres poetas innovadores con el fin de ilustrar el dinamismo y la variedad de esta poesía: Robert Sheppard (n. 1955), Caroline Bergvall (n. 1962) y Andrea Brady (n. 1974

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