Author : Christopher MacGowan
Release : 2008-04-15
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 799/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Twentieth-Century American Poetry by : Christopher MacGowan
Download or read book Twentieth-Century American Poetry written by Christopher MacGowan. This book was released on 2008-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry. A wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth-century American poetry. Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. Includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Contains a section on key texts considering major works, such as ‘The Waste Land’, ‘North & South’, ‘Howl’ and ‘Ariel’. The final section draws out key themes, such as American poetry, politics and war, and the process of anthologizing at the end of the century.