Tony Harrison's Poetry And His Relationship With His Parents

Part I of Essay
What perspectives do Harrison’s poems open up on his relationship with his parents and family background in general? Tony Harrison’s family background and his relations with his parents is one that both confuses and overwhelms us. I use the present tense because I believe ....

Part II of Essay
.... both the mother and the poet, yet the father is unable to show this love, he feels the obligation to be the emotional rock of the family, his role as the father. Harrison’s father had great love for him, however Harrison resented the way that he put him down, however the father was proud of the son but had no way of conveying this emotion. In later life Harrison did not think of his father as an illiterate wreck, who had no chance of glory. The father could not keep the same social ground as the son and this was what divided them, he could und ....