Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry
Author | : Michael Thurston |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118619810 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118619811 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream andexperimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview,Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers atall levels an ideal guide to the rich body of poetic workspublished in Britain and Ireland over the lasthalf-century. Features detailed discussions of individual poems that arewidely available in anthologies and selected poems volumes Pays explicit attention to how to read the poems,focusing on language and form and the institutional conditions ofliterary possibility in which poets worked Includes poets of all types and styles from throughout thepost-war period, including canonical and mainstream poets alongsideexperimental poets, women, and poets of color