| D J Enright (1920-2002) was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, into a family of modest means. However, the young Dennis won a place at Downing College, Cambridge where he was influenced by his controversial tutor, F R Leavis, an association that may have contributed to his difficulty in securing an academic post at a British University. So when he was offered a teaching job in Alexandria in 1947 he took it and spent the best part of the next twenty five years as a professor at different institutions abroad, particularly in the Far East. However, he kept his connections with the British poetry scene, editing in 1955 a notable anthology which brought together for the first time the 'Movement' poets, Larkin, Kingsley Amis and himself amongst them. His output over his long life included novels, essays and entertaining memoir, as well as poetry, though his absence from the UK meant he didn't always receive the recognition his work deserved.
1 Paradise Illustrated: A Sequence 22.58
2 History of World Languages 1.24
3 Since Then 1.47
4 The Noodle-Vendor's Flute 1.58
5 Dreaming in the Shanghai Restaurant 1.35
6 Displaced Person Looks at a Cage-Bird 1.08
7 The Poor Wake Up Quickly 0.55
8 In Memoriam 3.08
9 Board of Selection 2.18
10 Combat Camera 0.36
11 R-and-R Centre: An Incident from the Vietnam War 3.24
12 A Liberal Lost 0.46
13 Seminar on contemporary Chinese writing 1.34
14 Don't smile please 0.54
15 All the things 0.30
16 City sorrows 1.01
17 Announcement 1.33
18 Poetical Justice 1.02
19 A Memory 0.46
20 Filling in a hospital registration form 0.19
21 Postoperative muzziness 0.34
22 Night in Bay 3 1.04
23 Through the window 0.24
24 Warnings, warnings! 1.40
Total length of the recording 53.00
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