Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Beginnings: Oxford and Cambridge poetry in the early 1950s -- Violent times: anti-movement poetry in the mid to late 1950s -- In opposite directions: A. Alvarez and Thom Gunn -- Against gentility -- On being serious -- Anthology-making -- First reactions: the review debate and the initial response to the new poetry -- Sylvia Plath -- Going to extremes -- 'A study of suicide' -- Against extremism -- Costing seriousness -- 'I don't like dramatizing myself' -- Birthday letters -- Geoffrey Hill's new poetry -- Children of the new poetry |
Summary |
Exploration of the generation of poets anthologized in A. Alvarez's classic The new poetry - Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Peter Porter |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Gunn, Thom -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hill, Geoffrey -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hughes, Ted -- Criticism and interpretation
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Plath, Sylvia -- Criticism and interpretation
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Porter, Peter -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Gunn, Thom fast |
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Hill, Geoffrey fast |
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Hughes, Ted fast |
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Plath, Sylvia fast |
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Porter, Peter fast |
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English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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English poetry
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781781387603 |
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1781387605 |
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9781781384893 |
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1781384894 |
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