A History of Modern Poetry – Modernism & After: 2 (Belknap Press S.) - Hardcover

Perkins, D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674399463 ISBN 13: 9780674399464

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1987

Synopsis

This study of British and American poetry from the mid-1920s to the recent past, clarifies the complex interrelations of individuals, groups, and movements, and the contexts in which the poets worked

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Review:

We must be grateful to Perkins for this strong first volume of a two-volume study that, when completed, will be the only one of its kind, and should prove itself indispensable. -- Richard Ellmann "New York Review of Books" This is clearly the most important history of 20th-century poetry to appear. It is difficult to imagine a better book. Perkins's work will surely be the standard history by which all future assessments will have to be judged. Perkins is generous, sympathetic, sensitive, inquisitive, and has a goodly streak of common sense. These are the virtues one hopes for in a literary historian...Clearly Perkins has a talent for getting under the skins of different styles and into the heads of people who lived in the recent past. -- Stuart Klawans "The Nation" The scope of...inclusion is certainly impressive, with attention given to black and woman writers and to a broader range of British writing than might have been expected from an American critic: there can be few readers who will not find ways into new poetic territory from this enthusiastically written book. -- David Norbrook "London Review of Books" The author moves deftly between text and context, offering both panorama and portrait, and the dimensions of his extremely rich study can only be suggested here...It is amazing to observe the freshness and sensitivity with which Perkins approaches each poet...His opinions are strong and expressed with authority yet modesty...A landmark study. -- Beth Bjorklund "World Literature Today" skins of different styles and into the heads of people who lived in the recent past. readers who will not find ways into new poetic territory from this enthusiastically written book. sensitivity with which Perkins approaches each poet...His opinions are strong and expressed with authority yet modesty...A landmark study. We must be grateful to [Perkins] for this strong first volume of a two-volume study that, when completed, will be the only one of its kind, and should prove itself indispensable.

From the Back Cover:

Embracing an exciting era of poetic ferment, this book traces the modern movement from its beginnings to its vital prime.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0674399463
• ISBN 13: 9780674399464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 704