The Cambridge companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010 / edited by Edward Larrissy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larrissy, Edward, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English poetry.

English poetry--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010 brings together sixteen essays that explore the full diversity of British poetry since the Second World War, a period of significant achievement in which varied styles and approaches have flourished. As a comprehensive critical, literary-historical and scholarly guide, this Companion offers not only new readings of a wide range of poets but a detailed account of the contexts in which their verse was written and received. Focusing on famous and neglected names alike, from Dylan Thomas to John Agard, leading scholars provide readers with insight into the ongoing importance and profundity of post-war poetry.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Poets of the forties and early fifties: the last Romantics? C. D. Blanton; 2. The movement Patrick Deane; 3. Survivors: modernists and thirties poets John Matthias; 4. Beyond all this fiddle Eric Falci; 5. Poetry and performance: the Mersey poets, the children of Albion, and performance poetry Cornelia Grabner; 6. High late modernists or postmodernists? Simon Perril; 7. Stretching the lyric: the metaphor men, new narrative poetry, and other ruses Natalie Pollard; 8. Poetry and class Sandie Byrne; 9. Northern Irish poetry Fran Brearton; 10. Scottish poetry Alan Riach; 11. Welsh poetry Katie Gramich; 12. Black British poetry Sarah Lawson Welsh; 13. Poetry, feminism, gender and women's experience Jan Montefiore; 14. Ecopoetics Fiona Becket; 15. Poetry and the city Peter Barry; 16. Outward forms Jon Glover.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jan 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316461419

1316461416

9781316464144

1316464148

9781316111314

1316111318

OCLC:

931677728