An Introduction to Twentieth-century Poetry in English - Hardcover

Draper, R. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333606698 ISBN 13: 9780333606698

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

This critical survey of modern poetry from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney considers both the self-consciously revolutionary innovations of Modernism and more traditional developments, taking fully into account the extent to which 'English' can no longer be equated solely with England. Scots, Welsh and Irish poetry, and poetry from Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the Carribean, are recognised as equally important aspects of the diversity which characterises modern poetry in English; and, in particular, the contributions of North American poets such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Robert Lowell receive the major emphasis which their achievement and extensive influence warrants.

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Review

'This is an excellent introductory text offering a stimulating survey of some of the key poets and major movements of the 20c.' - Thomas Almond, University of Wolverhampton

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Contents: Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Modernism: Pound, Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens

An Alternative Tradition: Hardy, Frost, Kipling and Graves

Private and Public: Yeats and Lowell

Poetry of Two World Wars

Auden and Co.

Women's Poetry

Notes

Further Reading

Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333606698
• ISBN 13: 9780333606698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320