| The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry Contributor(s): Hamilton, Ian (Editor), Noel-Tod, Jeremy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198704852 ISBN-13: 9780198704850 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Reference |
| Series: Oxford Paperback Reference |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (1.15 lbs) 736 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This impressive volume provides over 1,500 thoroughly revised and updated entries on modern poets active from 1910 to the present day. An extensive guide to the lives of influential poets writing in English, in Britain and around the world, this companion helps to illuminate the influences, inspirations, and movements that have shaped the lives and works of our best-loved poets. First published in 1994 as the Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English and compiled by a team of 230 experts, including famous poets such as Blake Morrison and Andrew Motion, this edition also includes new biographical entries on more contemporary poets such as Don Paterson, Anne Carson, John Kinsella, and Leslie Marmon Silko. It also contains insightful entries by well-known peers, such as Seamus Heaney on Robert Lowell and Anne Stevenson on Sylvia Plath. The A-Z biographies are complemented by a new appendix including coverage of poetry groups and movements and lists of anthologies and important poetry prizes and prize-winners. In addition, many entries include details of in-depth supplementary material available online on the dedicated companion website. |