Cambridge Companion to Twentieth Century British and Irish Women s - Poetr

Aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets.

List of contents

1. Introduction Jane Dowson; 2. Post/modernist rhythms and voices: Edith Sitwell and Stevie Smith to Jo Shapcott and Selima Hill Ian Gregson; 3. Reframing women's war poetry Claire Buck; 4. Verbal and visual art in twentieth-century British women's poetry William May; 5. Towards a new confessionalism: Elizabeth Jennings and Sylvia Plath Jane Dowson; 6. The 'mid-Atlantic imagination': Mina Loy, Anne Stevenson, Ruth Fainlight, Eva Salzman and Anne Rouse Melanie Petch; 7. The Irish history wars and Irish women's poetry Catriona Clutterbuck; 8. Interculturalism: Imtiaz Dharker, Patience Agbabi, Jackie Kay and contemporary Irish poets Lee M. Jenkins; 9. Post-pastoral perspectives on landscape and culture Alice Entwistle; 10. Experimental 'work at the language-face' Linda A. Kinnahan; 11. Carol Ann Duffy, Medbh McGuckian and ruptures in the lines of communication Brian Caraher; Guide to further reading; Index.

About the author

Jane Dowson is Reader in Twentieth-Century Literature at De Montfort University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Dowson, Jane (De Montfort University Dowson
• Assisted by: Jane Dowson (Editor), Jane (De Montfort University Dowson (Editor), Dowson Jane (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521197854
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19785-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Companion To...; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companion To...
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; English, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: women, British Isles, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets