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This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
  • An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century
  • Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion
  • Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions
  • Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States
  • Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events

A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry

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This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. An historical... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 09/04/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405129244, 978-1405129244
    ISBN10: 1405129247

    Number of Pages: 328

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
    • An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century
    • Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion
    • Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions
    • Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States
    • Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events

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