Author : Cary Nelson
Release : 2000
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 701/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Anthology of Modern American Poetry by : Cary Nelson
Download or read book Anthology of Modern American Poetry written by Cary Nelson. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together over 100 years of creative and vital American poetry in one volume, Anthology of Modern American Poetry includes over 750 poems by 161 American poets ranging from Walt Whitman to Sherman Alexie. It represents not only the traditionally familiar poetic works of the last hundred years but also includes numerous poems by women, minority, and progressive writers only rediscovered in the past two decades. It is also the first anthology to give full treatment to American long poems and poetic sequences.