This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century
Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion
Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions
Written by critics from Britain, Ireland,...
This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.
Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal guide to the rich body of poetic works published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century.
Features detailed discussions of individual poems that are widely available in anthologies and selected poems volumes
Pays explicit attention to how to read the poems, focusing on language and form and the institutional conditions of literary possibility in...
Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British...
