Reading postwar British and Irish poetry
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Reading postwar British and Irish poetry
（Reading poetry）
Wiley Blackwell, 2014
- : hardback
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-321) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal guide to the rich body of poetic works published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century.
Features detailed discussions of individual poems that are widely available in anthologies and selected poems volumes
Pays explicit attention to how to read the poems, focusing on language and form and the institutional conditions of literary possibility in which poets worked
Includes poets of all types and styles from throughout the post-war period, including canonical and mainstream poets alongside experimental poets, women, and poets of color
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii 1 Introduction: "Postwar," "British," "Irish," and "Poetry" 1
2 A Brief Historical Survey 19
3 The Literary Landscape 41
4 Histories of Forms 86
5 Poetry of Place 131
6 History and Historiography 161
7 Varieties of the Long Poem 186
8 Subject To, Subject Of 226
9 Anthologies and Groups 276
10 Epilogue: Beyond "British," "Irish," and "Poetry" 296
References 312
Index 322
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