The Cambridge History of American Poetry

Bendixen, Alfred

ISBN 10: 1107003369 / ISBN 13: 9781107003361

Published by CAMBRIDGE, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambridge History of American Poetry
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107003369
• ISBN 13: 9781107003361
• Binding: Gebunden
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Essential reading on the writing and development of American poetry from its beginnings to the end of the twentieth century.

About the Authors

Alfred Bendixen teaches at Princeton University; he is the founder and executive director of the American Literature Association. Much of his scholarship focuses on the recovery of unjustly neglected literary texts and the exploration of neglected genres. He is the author of numerous books on American poetry and literature, including recent titles such as A Companion to the American Novel (2012); A Companion to the American Short Story (2010); and The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing (2009), co-edited with Judith Hamera.

Stephen Burt is Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University. His books of literary criticism and scholarship include The Art of the Sonnet (2010), with David Mikics; Close Calls with Nonsense (2009), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award; The Forms of Youth: 20th-Century Poetry and Adolescence (2007); and Randall Jarrell and his Age (2002), winner of the Warren-Brooks Award. He is also the author of three full-length books of poetry: Belmont (2013); Parallel Play (2006); and Popular Music (1999), winner of the Colorado Prize.