Concise Companion Postwar British
Hardcover
Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture, Book 27
Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry
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ISBN10: 1405129247
ISBN13: 9781405129244
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781405129244
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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
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