A companion to twentieth-century poetry / edited by Neil Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Neil, 1946-

Series:

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 9.

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

English poetry--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

American poetry--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvii, 626 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Companion to 20th-century poetry

Twentieth-century poetry

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Summary:

The original essays in this Companion embrace the extraordinary development of twentieth-century poetry in 20 English-speaking countries. The twentieth century began with a bipolar, transatlantic connection in modernism and ended with the off-center heterogeneity of postcolonialism. 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 postcolonial poets from various national traditions. Discussion of context, intertextualities, and formal approaches illustrates the increasing self-consciousness and self-reflexivity of the period, while another 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631215298

OCLC:

45313273