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British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s: Politics and Art

By Gary Day , Brian Docherty (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1997
ISBN
978-0-333-53281-2, 978-1-349-25566-5, 978-0-312-17250-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-25566-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (40440374 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XI, 284\294
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Poetry and Poetics; Twentieth-Century Literature

Description

This collection looks at the developments in British poetry from the Movement until the present. The introduction not only provides a context for these changes but also argues that poetry criticism has been debilitated by the quest for political respectability, a trend which can only be reversed by reconsidering the idea of tradition. The essays themselves focus on general themes or individual authors. Written in a clear and informed manner, they provoke the reader into a fresh awareness of the nature of poetry and its relation to society.

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