Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage - years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment. Their bright hope for the future is darkened when a child disappears from their neighborhood. The couple becomes suspicious of a reclusive resident with a degenerative brain disorder. Strange events begin to happen in their house just as Derrick tells them about a new friend who visits him at night. Their son might be acting out from trauma he endured, or he could be the obsession of something much more sinister. Klappentext In the twentieth century more people spoke English and more people wrote poetry than in the whole of previous history, and this Companion strives to make sense of this crowded poetical era. The original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets were written as the contributors adjusted to the idea that the possibilities of twentieth-century poetry were exhausted and finite. However, the volume also looks forward to the poetry and readings that the new century will bring. The Companion embraces the extraordinary development of poetry over the century in twenty English-speaking countries; a century which began with a bipolar transatlantic connection in modernism and ended with the decentred heterogeneity of post-colonialism. Representation of the 'canonical' and the 'marginal' is therefore balanced, including the full integration of women poets and feminist approaches and the in-depth treatment of post-colonial poets from various national traditions. Discussion of context, intertextualities and formal approaches illustrates the increasing self-consciousness and self-reflexivity of the period, whilst a 'Readings' section offers new readings of key selected texts. The volume as a whole offers critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. Zusammenfassung In the twentieth century more people spoke English and more people wrote poetry than in the whole of previous history. This companion strives to make sense of this crowded poetical era. It offers critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements ix Notes on Contributors xi Introduction 1 Neil Roberts PART I Topics and Debates 1 Modernism and the Transatlantic Connection 7 Hugh Witemeyer 2 Modernist Poetry and its Precursors 21 Peter Brooker and Simon Perril 3 The Non-modernist Modern 37 David Goldie 4 Poetry and Politics 51 Reed Way Dasenbrock 5 Poetry and War 64 Matthew Campbell 6 Poetry and Science 76 Tim Armstrong 7 Poetry and Literary Theory 89 Joanne Feit Diehl 8 Poetry and Gender 101 Edward Larrissy 9 Interrupted Monologue: Alternative Poets of the Mid-century 113 Philip Hobsbaum PART II Poetic Movements 10 Imagism 127 Jacob Korg 11 The New Negro Renaissance 138 William W. Cook 12 Poetry and the New Criticism 153 Stephen Burt and Jennifer Lewin 13 Black Mountain and Projective Verse 168 John Osborne 14 The Beats 183 John Osborne 15 Confessionalism 197 Lucy Collins 16 The Movement 209 Stephen Regan 17 Language Poetry 220 Simon Perril PART III International and Postcolonial Poetry in English 18 West Indian Poetry 235 Victor Chang 19 African Poetry 249 Kwadwo Osei-Nyame 20 Po...

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Acknowledgements ix

Notes on Contributors xi

Introduction 1
Neil Roberts

PART I Topics and Debates

1 Modernism and the Transatlantic Connection 7
Hugh Witemeyer

2 Modernist Poetry and its Precursors 21
Peter Brooker and Simon Perril

3 The Non-modernist Modern 37
David Goldie

4 Poetry and Politics 51
Reed Way Dasenbrock

5 Poetry and War 64
Matthew Campbell

6 Poetry and Science 76
Tim Armstrong

7 Poetry and Literary Theory 89
Joanne Feit Diehl

8 Poetry and Gender 101
Edward Larrissy

9 Interrupted Monologue: Alternative Poets of the Mid-century 113
Philip Hobsbaum

PART II Poetic Movements

10 Imagism 127
Jacob Korg

11 The New Negro Renaissance 138
William W. Cook

12 Poetry and the New Criticism 153
Stephen Burt and Jennifer Lewin

13 Black Mountain and Projective Verse 168
John Osborne

14 The Beats 183
John Osborne

15 Confessionalism 197
Lucy Collins

16 The Movement 209
Stephen Regan

17 Language Poetry 220
Simon Perril

PART III International and Postcolonial Poetry in English

18 West Indian Poetry 235
Victor Chang

19 African Poetry 249
Kwadwo Osei-Nyame

20 Poetry of the Indian Subcontinent 264
Vinay Dharwadker

21 Australian Poetry 281
Livio Dobrez

22 New Zealand Poetry 293
Terry Sturm

23 Canadian Poetry 304
Cynthia Messenger

24 Scottish Poetry 318
Jeffrey Skoblow

25 Welsh Poetry 329
Douglas Houston

26 Irish Poetry to 1966 343
Alex Davis

PART IV Readings

27 Thomas Hardy: Poems of 1912-13 359
Tim Armstrong

28 Robert Frost: North of Boston 369
Alex Calder

29 T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land 381
John Haffenden

30 D. H. Lawrence: Birds, Beasts and Flowers 392
David Ellis

31 William Carlos Williams: Spring and All 403
Lisa M. Steinman

32 Wallace Stevens: Harmonium 414
Philip Hobsbaum

33 Marianne Moore: Observations 427
Elizabeth Wilson

34 W. B. Yeats: The Tower 437
Terence Brown

35 W. H. Auden: Poems 448
Peter McDonald

36 Elizabeth Bishop: North & South 457
Jonathan Ellis

37 Ezra Pound: The Pisan Cantos 469
A. David Moody

38 Robert Lowell: Life Studies 481
Stephen Matterson

39 Louis MacNeice: The Burning Perch 491
Peter McDonald

40 Sylvia Plath: Ariel 500
Sue Vice

41 Ted Hughes: Crow 513
Rand Brandes

42 Seamus Heaney: North 524
Bernard O'Donoghue

43 John Ashbery: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 536
David Herd

44 Derek Walcott: Omeros 547
Bruce Woodcock

PART V The Contemporary Scene

45 Contemporary American Poetry 559
Roger Gilbert

46 Contemporary British Poetry 571
Sean O'Brien

47 Contemporary Irish Poetry 585
Lucy Collins

48 Contemporary Postcolonial Poetry 596
Jahan Ramazani

Index 610

Report

"Roberts has brought together an extraordinary collection of 48 engagingly written and informative essays. This reviewer is aware of no other volume covering the full range of English-language poetry in the twentieth century. Recommended for all collections, this title will be a welcome reference and guide for undergraduate students and useful for specialists."
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Product details

• Authors: Roberts, Jay Roberts, Jay Ed. Roberts, N Roberts, Neil Roberts, Neil (University of Sheffield Roberts, University
• Assisted by: Christine Gerrard (Editor), Neil Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2003
• EAN: 9781405113618
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-1361-8
• No. of pages: 648
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture; BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA; Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies