Beschreibung:
Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal guide to the rich body of poetic works published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century.* Features detailed discussions of individual poems that are widely available in anthologies and selected poems volumes* Pays explicit attention to how to read the poems, focusing on language and form and the institutional conditions of literary possibility in which poets worked* Includes poets of all types and styles from throughout the post-war period, including canonical and mainstream poets alongside experimental poets, women, and poets of color
Acknowledgments viii1 Introduction: "Postwar," "British," "Irish," and "Poetry" 12 A Brief Historical Survey 193 The Literary Landscape 414 Histories of Forms 865 Poetry of Place 1316 History and Historiography 1617 Varieties of the Long Poem 1868 Subject To, Subject Of 2269 Anthologies and Groups 27610 Epilogue: Beyond "British," "Irish," and "Poetry" 296References 312Index 322