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.

Author: MacGowan, Christopher
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Pages: 00352 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2008-01-21
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780631220251
Category: Literary Criticism : American - General