The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century British and Irish Women's Poetry

The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century British and Irish Women's Poetry
Author: Jane Dowson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139824856

This Companion provides new ways of reading a wide range of influential women's poetry. Leading international scholars offer insights on a century of writers, drawing out the special function of poetry and the poets' use of language, whether it is concerned with the relationship between verbal and visual art, experimental poetics, war, landscape, history, cultural identity or 'confessional' lyrics. Collectively, the chapters cover well established and less familiar poets, from Edith Sitwell and Mina Loy, through Stevie Smith, Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Jennings to Anne Stevenson, Eavan Boland and Jo Shapcott. They also include poets at the forefront of poetry trends, such as Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kay, Patience Agbabi, Caroline Bergvall, Medbh McGuckian and Carol Ann Duffy. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets.

The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century British and Irish Women's Poetry

The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century British and Irish Women's Poetry
Author: Jane Dowson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521197856

This Companion is aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets. It provides new approaches to a wide range of influential women's poetry, a chronology and guide to further reading.

The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010

The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010
Author: Edward Larrissy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107090660

This Companion brings together sixteen essays that explore the full diversity of British poetry since the Second World War. Focusing on famous and neglected names alike, from Dylan Thomas to John Agard, leading scholars provide readers with insight into the ongoing importance and profundity of post-war poetry.

The Cambridge Introduction to British Poetry, 1945-2010

The Cambridge Introduction to British Poetry, 1945-2010
Author: Eric Falci
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2015-11-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107029635

This book provides an overview of poetry from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland from the postwar period through to the twenty-first century.

A History of Twentieth-Century American Women's Poetry

A History of Twentieth-Century American Women's Poetry
Author: Linda A. Kinnahan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 731
Release: 2016-06-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316495558

A History of Twentieth-Century American Women's Poetry explores the genealogy of modern American verse by women from the early twentieth century to the millennium. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes wide-ranging essays that illuminate the legacy of American women poets. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse of such diverse poets as Edna St Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, and Audre Lorde. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of feminist literary criticism. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of women's poetry in America and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

Poetry & Geography

Poetry & Geography
Author: Neal Alexander
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1846318645

Drawing on the recent focus on spatial imagination in the humanities and social sciences, Poetry and Geography looks at the significance of space, place, and landscape in the works of British and Irish poets, offering interpretations of poems by Roy Fisher, R. S. Thomas, John Burnside, Thomas Kinsella, Jo Shapcott, and many others. Its fourteen essays collectively sketch a series of intersections between language and location, form and environment, and sound and space, exploring poetry's unique capacity to invigorate and expand our spatial vocabularies and the many relationships we have with the world around us.

A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960 - 2015

A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960 - 2015
Author: Wolfgang Gortschacher
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2020-12-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118843207

A comprehensive and scholarly review of contemporary British and Irish Poetry With contributions from noted scholars in the field, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015 offers a collection of writings from a diverse group of experts. They explore the richness of individual poets, genres, forms, techniques, traditions, concerns, and institutions that comprise these two distinct but interrelated national poetries. Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companion to Literature and Culture series, this book contains a comprehensive survey of the most important contemporary Irish and British poetry. The contributors provide new perspectives and positions on the topic. This important book: Explores the institutions, histories, and receptions of contemporary Irish and British poetry Contains contributions from leading scholars of British and Irish poetry Includes an analysis of the most prominent Irish and British poets Puts contemporary Irish and British poetry in context Written for students and academics of contemporary poetry, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015 offers a comprehensive review of contemporary poetry from a wide range of diverse contributors.