A Companion to Modernist Poetry

A Companion to Modernist Poetry
ISBN-10
0470659815
ISBN-13
9780470659816
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
607
Language
English
Published
2014-06-23
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Gail McDonald, David E. Chinitz

Description

Offering a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field, A Companion to Modernist Poetry provides readers with detailed discussions of individual poets, ‘schools’ and ‘movements’ within modernist poetry, and the cultural and historical context of the modernist period. Provides an in-depth and accessible summary of the latest trends in the study of modernist poetry Balances discussion of individual poets, ‘schools’, and ‘movements’ with in-depth literary and historical context Brings recent scholarship to bear on the subject of modernist poetry while also providing guidance on poets who are historically important Edited by highly respected and notable critics in the field who have a broad knowledge of current debates and of rising and senior scholars in the field

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