The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

The last century was characterised by an extraordinary flowering of the art of poetry in Britain. These specially commissioned essays by some of the most highly regarded poetry critics offer a stimulating and reliable overview of English poetry of the twentieth century. The opening section on contexts will both orientate readers relatively new to the field and provide provocative syntheses for those already familiar with it. Following the terms introduced by this section, individual chapters cover many ways of looking at the 'modern', the 'modernist' and the 'postmodern'. The core of the volume is made up of extensive discussions of individual poets, from W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden to contemporary poets such as Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. In its coverage of the development, themes and contexts of modern poetry, this Companion is the most useful guide available for students, lecturers and readers. the cambridge companion to twentieth-century english poetry......Page 2 Contents......Page 7 List of contributors......Page 10 Chronology......Page 11 Introduction......Page 18 Part one contexts......Page 24 1 Victorian to modern......Page 25 2 Modernist poetic form......Page 40 3 Postmodern poetry in Britain......Page 58 4 Fateful forms: A. E. Housman, Charlotte Mew, Thomas Hardy and Edward Thomas......Page 73 5 D. H. Lawrence’s place in modern poetry......Page 88 6 Wilfred Owen and the poetry of war......Page 101 7 The 1930s poetry of W. H. Auden......Page 117 8 Keith Douglas and the poetry of the Second World War......Page 129 9 Languages of modernism: William Empson, Dylan Thomas, W. S. Graham......Page 143 10 Philip Larkin: a late modern poet......Page 157 11 R. S. Thomas and modern Welsh poetry......Page 169 12 Gender, feminism, poetry: Stevie Smith, Sylvia Plath, Jo Shapcott......Page 183 13 Varieties of poetic sequence: Ted Hughes and Geoffrey Hill......Page 197 14 Black British poetry and the translocal......Page 210 15 Poetry and class: Tony Harrison, Peter Reading, Ken Smith, Sean O’Brien......Page 225 16 A Scottish Renaissance: Edwin Morgan, Douglas Dunn, Liz Lochhead, Robert Crawford, Don Paterson, Kathleen Jamie......Page 240 17 Lyric adaptations: James Fenton, Craig Raine, Christopher Reid, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy......Page 255 Index......Page 269 Victorian to modern / Timothy Webb Modernist poetic form / Daniel Albright Postmodern poetry in Britain / Redell Olsen Fateful forms : A.E. Housman, Charlotte Mew, Thomas Hardy and Edward Thomas / Peter Howarth D.H. Lawrence's place in modern poetry / Sandra M. Gilbert Wilfred Owen and the poetry of war / Neil Corcoran The 1930s poetry of W.H. Auden / Michael O'Neill Keith Douglas and the poetry of the Second World War / Adam Piette Languages of modernism: William Empson, Dylan Thomas, W.S. Graham / Edward Larrissy Philip Larkin : a late modern poet / Stephen Regan R.S. Thomas and modern Welsh poetry / M. Wynn Thomas Gender, feminism, poetry : Stevie Smith, Sylvia Plath, Jo Shapcott / Linda Anderson Varieties of poetic sequence : Ted Hughes and Geoffery Hill / Kevin Hart Black British poetry and the translocal / Jahan Ramazani Poetry and class : Tony Harrison, Peter Reading, Ken Smith, Sean O'Brien / Neil Roberts A Scottish renaissance : Edwin Morgan, Douglas Dunn, Liz Lochhead, Robert Crawford, Don Paterson, Kathleen Jamie / Fiona Stafford Lyric adaptations : James Fenton, Craig Raine, Christopher Reid, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy / John Redmond. This volume presents an overview of the great achievements of modern poets in Britain in the twentieth century

An overview of the great achievements of modern poets in Britain in the twentieth century.

Edited By Neil Corcoran. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.