Description |
296 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
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Contents |
Introduction / Stephen Fredman -- 1. Wars I have seen / Peter Nicholls -- 2. Pleasure at home : how twentieth-century American poets read the British / David Herd -- 3. American poet-teachers and the academy / Alan Golding -- 4. Feminism and the female poet / Lynn Keller and Cristanne Miller -- 5. Queer cities / Maria Damon -- 6. Twentieth-century poetry and the New York art world / Brian M. Reed -- 7. The blue century : brief notes on twentieth-century African-American poetry / Rowan Ricardo Phillips -- 8. Home and away : US poetries of immigration and migrancy / A. Robert Lee -- 9. Modern poetry and anticommunism / Alan Filreis -- 10. Mysticism : neo-paganism, Buddhism, and Christianity / Stephen Fredman -- 11. Poets and scientists / Peter Middleton -- 12. Philosophy and theory in US modern poetry / Michael Davidson |
Summary |
"Written by prominent specialists in the field, the volume helps readers to appreciate the poetry by situating it within overlapping historical and cultural contexts. Each chapter ranges across the entire century, comparing poets from one part of the century to those of another; and each one balances documentary coverage of context with sharp commentary upon specific poems. The Companion forms an ideal introduction to twentieth-century American poetry for students, while its new syntheses will command the attention of scholars."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140367 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001300
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Author |
Fredman, Stephen, 1948-
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LC no. |
2004025183 |
ISBN |
1405120029 |
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1405120037 |
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9781405120029 (hardcover) |
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9781405120036 |
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