A concise companion to postwar British and Irish poetry
- Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell 2009
- xxviii,298p.
- Blackwell Concise Companions to Literature and Culture .
This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century.
Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion.
Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions.
Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States.
Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events.
9781118646946
English poetry
English poetry--Irish authors
821.91409 / CON
This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century.
Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion.
Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions.
Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States.
Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events.
9781118646946
English poetry
English poetry--Irish authors
821.91409 / CON