The twentieth century in poetry : a critical survey

The twentieth century in poetry : a critical survey /

This text examines both "English" poetry through the events of the 20th century and British history through its representations in recent poetry. It builds a narrative not of poetry in the 20th century but of the 20th century in poetry. A high proportion of literature courses include an ex...

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Main Author: Childs, Peter, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999
Subjects:
English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'Union Jacks in every part' : prewar and Georgian poetry
  • 2. 'Not concerned with poetry' : World War I
  • 3. 'Birth, and copulation, and death' : the 1920s and T.S. Eliot
  • 4. 'Demon and beast' : the 1920s and W.B. Yeats
  • 5. In/between the wars : poetry in the 1930s
  • 6. 'Philosophical sundials of history' : poetry after the war
  • 7. 'Ted Hughes is Elvis Presley' : recent anthologies by men
  • 8. 'My history is not yours' : recent anthologies by women
  • 9. Anti- and post-colonial writing : Northern Irish and Black British poets.

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