An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
1st Edition
Published on 19. April 1999
320 pages
978-1-350-31787-1 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31787-1 (9781350317871)
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04/1999
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Person
R.P. DRAPER is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen.
Content
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.
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.
