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Blackwell Guides to Literature: Twentieth–Century American Poetry: Wiley Blackwell Guides to Literature

Autor C MacGowan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 dec 2003
Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry.

The guide is designed to help students familiarise themselves with this period in literature and features:


  • An exploration of the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century poetry was produced, covering literary centers, little magazines, the Harlem Renaissance, sixties counterculture, and multiculturalism, among other issues.
  • A biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost and Langston Hughes to Adrienne Rich and Rita Dove. Both poets who had an impact on the development of poetry during the twentieth century and prominent contemporary poets are represented.
  • A section on key texts considering major works, such as The Waste Land, North & South and Ariel.
A final section drawing out pertinent themes, such as poetry and politics, the relation of poetry to other arts, and the process of anthologizing at the end of the century.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631220268
ISBN-10: 0631220267
Pagini: 348
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Wiley
Seria Wiley Blackwell Guides to Literature

Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

students of twentieth–century American poetry, American poetry or American literature

Notă biografică

Christopher MacGowan is Professor of Literature at the College of William and Mary. He has published extensively on twentieth-century American poetry but is best known as the acclaimed editor of the works of William Carlos Williams.

Descriere

A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich.