| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 298 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
|
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
|
| Contents |
Introduction / Nigel Alderman and C.D. Blanton -- Poetic modernism and the century's wars / Vincent Sherry -- The movement and the mainstream / Stephen Burt -- Myth, history, and The new poetry / Nigel Alderman -- Region and nation in Britain and Ireland / Michael Thurston -- Form and identity in Northern Irish poetry / John P. Waters -- Poetry and decolonization / Jahan Ramazani -- Transatlantic currents / C.D. Blanton -- Neo-modernism and avant-garde orientations / Drew Milne -- Contemporary British women poets and the lyric subject / Linda A. Kinnahan -- Place, space, and landscape / Eric Falci -- Poetry and religion / Romana Huk -- Institutions of poetry in postwar Britain / Peter Middleton |
| Summary |
This work introduces students to the most important poetic figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. The volume's contributors not only address central issues confronting post-war British and Irish poets, but also situate those issues within the wider framework of 20th century poetry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-284) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English poetry -- Irish authors -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
|
|
English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
Handbooks and manuals.
|
|
Handbooks and manuals.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Alderman, Nigel.
|
|
Blanton, C. D. (Charles Daniel), 1968-
|
| LC no. |
2008033218 |
| ISBN |
1405129247 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
|
1405177268 |
|
1444310291 (electronic bk.) |
|
1444310305 |
|
9781405129244 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
|
9781405177269 |
|
9781444310290 (electronic bk.) |
|
9781444310306 |
|
