| A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry Revised Edition Contributor(s): Roberts, Neil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1405113618 ISBN-13: 9781405113618 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: In the twentieth century more people spoke English and more people wrote poetry than in the whole of previous history, and this "Companion" strives to make sense of this crowded poetical era. The original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets were written as the contributors adjusted to the idea that the possibilities of twentieth-century poetry were exhausted and finite. However, the volume also looks forward to the poetry and readings that the new century will bring. The "Companion" embraces the extraordinary development of poetry over the century in twenty English-speaking countries; a century which began with a bipolar transatlantic connection in modernism and ended with the decentred heterogeneity of post-colonialism. Representation of the 'canonical' and the 'marginal' is therefore balanced, including the full integration of women poets and feminist approaches and the in-depth treatment of post-colonial poets from various national traditions. Discussion of context, intertextualities and formal approaches illustrates the increasing self-consciousness and self-reflexivity of the period, whilst a 'Readings' section offers new readings of key selected texts. The volume as a whole offers critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.910 |
| LCCN: PR601 |
| Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.85" H x 6.66" W x 9.58" (2.47 lbs) 648 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. Brings together original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets. Offers critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the twentieth-century. Incorporates new readings of key selected texts. Embraces the extraordinary development of poetry over the century in twenty English-speaking countries. Fully integrates women poets, feminist approaches and post-colonial poets. |