Twentieth-century American poetry
Material type: TextSeries: Blackwell Guides to LiteraturePublication details: Oxford Blackwell 2004Description: 331pISBN: 1405131748Subject(s): American poetry | American literature - 20th centuryDDC classification: 811.509 Summary: Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry. -A wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth-century American poetry. -Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. -Explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. -Includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. -Contains a section on key texts considering major works, such as ‘The Waste Land’, ‘North & South’, ‘Howl’ and ‘Ariel’. -The final section draws out key themes, such as American poetry, politics and war, and the process of anthologizing at the end of the century.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry.
-A wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth-century American poetry.
-Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams.
-Explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced.
-Includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich.
-Contains a section on key texts considering major works, such as ‘The Waste Land’, ‘North & South’, ‘Howl’ and ‘Ariel’.
-The final section draws out key themes, such as American poetry, politics and war, and the process of anthologizing at the end of the century.
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