| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge companions |
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Cambridge companions
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Jane Dowson -- 2. Post/modernist rhythms and voices: Edith Sitwell and Stevie Smith to Jo Shapcott and Selima Hill / Ian Gregson -- 3. Reframing women's war poetry / Claire Buck -- 4. Verbal and visual art in twentieth-century British women's poetry / William May -- 5. Towards a new confessionalism: Elizabeth Jennings and Sylvia Plath / Jane Dowson -- 6. The mid-Atlantic imagination: Mina Loy, Ruth Fainlight, Anne Stevenson, Anne Rouse and Eva Salzman / Melanie Petch -- 7. The Irish history wars and Irish women's poetry: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Eavan Boland / Catriona Clutterbuck -- 8. Interculturalism: Imtiaz Dharker, Patience Agbabi, Jackie Kay and contemporary Irish poets / Lee M. Jenkins -- 9. Post-pastoral perspectives on landscape and culture / Alice Entwistle -- 10. Feminism's experimental 'work at the language-face' / Linda A. Kinnahan -- 11. Carol Ann Duffy, Medbh McGuckian and ruptures in the lines of communication / Brian Caraher |
| Summary |
This companion is aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets. It provides new approaches to a wide range of influential women's poetry, a chronology and guide to further reading |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
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English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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English poetry -- Irish authors.
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English poetry -- Women authors.
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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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| Author |
Dowson, Jane, 1955-
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| ISBN |
051197339X (electronic bk.) |
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9780511973390 (electronic bk.) |
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