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Informationen zum Autor Tim Kendall edits Thumbscrew, and is author of Paul Muldoon (Seren [UK] and Dufour [USA], 1996) and Sylvia Plath (forthcoming from Faber, early 2001). In April 2001 he will give the British Academy Thomas Chatterton Lecture on Keith Douglas. He is a regular poetry reviewer for the TLS and The Guardian, and his own poetry is due to appear in Oxford Poets 2000 (OUP/Carcanet, November 2000). He is currently lecturer in the Department of English, University of Bristol and teaches a course on 20th century poetry around which this book is designed Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS1. Background and ContextsThe Nineteenth-Century InheritanceThis will explore continuities between the centuries, locating the origins of twentieth-century poetic practices in nineteenth-century artistic culture, and charting the continuing influence of earlier writers such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Robert Browning on the modern period. The Artistic ContextDevelopments in other disciplines - fiction, drama, music, the visual arts -- can only be outlined, but their relationship to poetry will be discussed where applicable. The Social ContextThis vast subject will be broached via an analysis of changes in the poetry market throughout the century. The participation of social groups formerly excluded on the grounds of race, class or gender will be briefly considered, and will be addressed in more detail later in the book. Poetry CentresSome of the major poetry movements of the century - the New York School, the Belfast Group -can be associated with geographical locations. Using specific examples, this section will characterise the dynamics of such groups, and assess their importance for the individual poets who belonged to them. Transatlantic CommunicationsThe relationship between British, Irish and American poetry alters throughout the century. This section will describe some of the more important influences and correspondences between the different poetry cultures. Publishing Poetry This section will evaluate the role of poetry publishers in shaping the market and the canon. The major poetry houses and the most important little magazines will be discussed. Poetry and AcademiaThe impact of literature studies on the poetry scene is one of the most significant new developments of the twentieth century. The nature of that impact will be assessed, along with related debates about obscurity, Ulitism, populism, and the desirability of creative writing programs. Reviewers and CriticsThe influence and effect of reviewers and critics on poets is rarely discussed. This section will hope to remedy that neglect, and to describe the significance of several major poetry critics (who may also be poets) such as T. S. Eliot and Randall Jarrell. Anthology WarsThis section will not only attempt to identify the best and most important anthologies of the century, but will also seek to uncover the implicit and explicit political prejudices which often underlie their value judgements. The question of canon forming will again be raised. 2. Key AuthorsThe following twenty poets will be treated at some length: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)A. E. Housman (1859-1936)W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)Robert Frost (1874-1963)Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)Ezra Pound (1885-1972)Marianne Moore (1887-1972)T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)W. H. Auden (1907-1973)Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)John Berryman (1914-1972)Robert Lowell (1917-1977)Philip Larkin (1922-1985)Frank O'Hara (1926-1966)Ted Hughes (1930-1998)Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)Seamus Heaney (1939-)Paul Muldoon (1951-)The following twenty poets will be treated more briefly, although many will also be considered in other sections: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)Edward Thomas (1878-1917)H. D. (1886-1961)Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978)Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)Basil Bunting (1900-1985)Patrick Kavanagh (1905-1967)Dylan Thomas (...
