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The last century was characterised by an extraordinary flowering of the art of poetry in Britain. These specially commissioned essays by some of the most highly regarded poetry critics offer a stimulating and reliable overview of English poetry of the twentieth century. The opening section on contexts will both orientate readers relatively new to the field and provide provocative syntheses for those already familiar with it. Following the terms introduced by this section, individual chapters cover many ways of looking at the 'modern', the 'modernist' and the 'postmodern'. The core of the volume is made up of extensive discussions of individual poets, from W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden to contemporary poets such as Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. In its coverage of the development, themes and contexts of modern poetry, this Companion is the most useful guide available for students, lecturers and readers.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521870818
eBay Product ID (ePID)87795786
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Book TitleThe Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry
AuthorNeil Corcoran
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2007
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Series TitleCambridge Companions to Literature
EditorNeil Corcoran
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom