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American Poetry since 1945
Eleanor Spencer-Regan
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Description for American Poetry since 1945
Paperback. This collection of brand new essays by a leading team of experts encourages readers to appreciate the rich formal, thematic, and ethnic diversity and inclusivity of post-war American poetry. It provides fresh critical perspectives on, and ways of reading, familiar poets such as Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Editor(s): Spencer, Eleanor. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 343 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
This book features a collection of essays on some of the key poets of post-war America, written by leading scholars in the field. All the essays have been newly commissioned to take account of the diverse movements in American poetry since 1945, and also to reflect, retrospectively, on some of the major talents that have shaped its development. In the aftermath of the Second World War, American poets took stock of their own tumultuous past but faced the future with radically new artistic ideals and commitments. More than ever before, American poetry spoke with its own distinctive ... Read more
This book features a collection of essays on some of the key poets of post-war America, written by leading scholars in the field. All the essays have been newly commissioned to take account of the diverse movements in American poetry since 1945, and also to reflect, retrospectively, on some of the major talents that have shaped its development. In the aftermath of the Second World War, American poets took stock of their own tumultuous past but faced the future with radically new artistic ideals and commitments. More than ever before, American poetry spoke with its own distinctive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Casebooks
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137324450
SKU
V9781137324450
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About Eleanor Spencer-Regan
Eleanor Spencer teaches in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, where she is also Vice-Principal and Senior Tutor at St Chad's College. She was previously a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, USA.
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