Twentieth-Century American Poetry

von Macgowan

348 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry.

- - A wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth-century American poetry. - Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. - Explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. - Includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. - Contains a section on key texts considering major works, such as 'The Waste Land', 'North & South', 'Howl' and 'Ariel'. - The final section draws out key themes, such as American poetry, politics and war, and the process of anthologizing at the end of the century.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780631220251
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.2004
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons