An introduction to twentieth-century poetry in English
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An introduction to twentieth-century poetry in English
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-288) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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Description
This critical survey of modern poetry from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney considers both the self-consciously revolutionary innovations of Modernism and more traditional developments, taking fully into account the extent to which 'English' can no longer be equated solely with England. Scots, Welsh and Irish poetry, and poetry from Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the Carribean, are recognised as equally important aspects of the diversity which characterises modern poetry in English; and, in particular, the contributions of North American poets such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Robert Lowell receive the major emphasis which their achievement and extensive influence warrants.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Modernism: Pound, Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens - An Alternative Tradition: Hardy and Frost - Private and Public: Yeats and Lowell - War Poetry - The Thirties and Political Poetry: Auden - Lawrence, Hughes and the Black Mountain Poets - Women's Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath and Adrienne Rich - Regionality and Post-Colonial Poetry - Experiment and Rejection - Notes - Further Reading - Index
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: uk : pbk ISBN 9780333606704
Description
This critical survey of modern poetry from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney considers both the self-consciously revolutionary innovations of Modernism and more traditional developments, taking fully into account the extent to which 'English' can no longer be equated solely with England. Scots, Welsh and Irish poetry, and poetry from Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean, are recognised as equally important aspects of the diversity that characterises modern poetry in English; and, in particular, the contributions of North American poets such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Robert Lowell receive the major emphasis that their achievement and extensive influence warrants and attention is given to important new perspectives in the work of women poets such as Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Introduction.- Modernism: Pound, Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens.- An Alternative Tradition: Hardy, Frost, Kipling and Graves.- Private and Public: Yeats and Lowell.- Poetry of Two World Wars.- Auden and Co..- Women's Poetry.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.
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