Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry
Published on 23. April 2009
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328 pages
978-1-4443-1030-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events
Reviews / Votes
"More importantly, it gives some sense of why poetry provides the sharpest of lenses through which to view the historical and social developments of the second half of the twentieth century, and it will serve both a useful source of reference and a provocative starting point for discussion." (English Studies, 1 December 2011) "Engaging and uncluttered by jargon. The mix of formal and thematic issues with social and cultural contexts doubles the usefulness of this collection as a preparatory tool for students of the period." ( CHOICE , December 2009)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
674 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4443-1030-6 (9781444310306)
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Nigel Alderman | C. D. Blanton
A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry
E-Book
12/2013
Wiley-Blackwell
€40.99
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Nigel Alderman | C. D. Blanton
A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry
E-Book
03/2009
Wiley-Blackwell
€40.99
Available for download
Persons
Nigel Alderman is Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College C. D. Blanton is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley
Content
Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xii Chronology xv Introduction 1 Nigel Alderman and C. D. Blanton 1 Poetic Modernism and the Century's Wars 11 Vincent Sherry 2 The Movement and the Mainstream 32 Stephen Burt 3 Myth, History, and The New Poetry 51 Nigel Alderman 4 Region and Nation in Britain and Ireland 72 Michael Thurston 5 Form and Identity in Northern Irish Poetry 92 John P. Waters 6 Poetry and Decolonization 111 Jahan Ramazani 7 Transatlantic Currents 134 C. D. Blanton 8 Neo-Modernism and Avant-Garde Orientations 155 Drew Milne 9 Contemporary British Women Poets and the Lyric Subject 176 Linda A. Kinnahan 10 Place, Space, and Landscape 200 Eric Falci 11 Poetry and Religion 221 Romana Huk 12 Institutions of Poetry in Postwar Britain 243 Peter Middleton References 264 Index 285