A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry |
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| Editor:
| Alderman, Nigel
Blanton, C. D. |
| Series title: | Concise Companions to Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4443-1029-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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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,...
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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