The Cambridge Introduction to British Poetry, 1945-2010

Informationen zum Autor Eric Falci is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966–2010 (Cambridge, 2012). He has also published a number of essays on modern British and Irish poetry. Klappentext This book provides an overview of poetry from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland from the postwar period through to the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung This book provides a broad overview of an important body of poetry from England! Scotland! Wales! and Northern Ireland from the postwar period through to the twenty-first century. It offers a comprehensive view of the historical context surrounding the poetry and provides in depth readings of many of the period's central poets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The movement and its discontents; 2. Decolonizing poetry; 3. Local modernism; 4. Late modernism; 5. The North; 6. New narratives; 7. Platforms and performances.

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• Authors: Eric Falci, Eric (University of California Falci, Falci Eric
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781107542570
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54257-0
• No. of pages: 287
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Print on demand; Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: poetry & poets, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Literature: history & criticism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Literary theory, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)