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A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry
Contributor(s): Alderman, Nigel (Editor), Blanton, C. D. (Editor)
ISBN: 1118646940     ISBN-13: 9781118646946
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $47.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 821.914
Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
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