The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry in English (Oxford Paperback Reference) - Softcover

Hamilton, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192800426 ISBN 13: 9780192800428

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1996

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide to modern English poetry should appeal to students and all lovers of poetry. A particular distinction is the inclusion, as contributors, of a number of celebrated poets, offering intriguing author/subject combinations, for example Tom Paulin on Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney on Robert Lowell, and Anne Stevenson on Sylvia Plath. Edited by the distinguished poet and critic, Ian Hamilton, there are entries on some 1500 poets, from W.H. Auden to Benjamin Zephaniah.

About this title

Review:

"A collection which contains many excellent essays ... This volume serves a very good purpose." -- Stephen Spender, The Times

"It holds out endless delightful knowledge to all poetry readers." -- Valentine Cunningham, Observer

Book Description:

A uniquely authoritative Companion from Oxford

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0192800426
• ISBN 13: 9780192800428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 620