American Poetry since 1945

Hardback

Main Details

Title American Poetry since 1945
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Eleanor Spencer-Regan
SeriesNew Casebooks
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781137324467
ClassificationsDewey:811.54
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 11 November 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book features a collection of essays on some of the key poets of post-war America, written by leading scholars in the field. All the essays have been newly commissioned to take account of the diverse movements in American poetry since 1945, and also to reflect, retrospectively, on some of the major talents that have shaped its development. In the aftermath of the Second World War, American poets took stock of their own tumultuous past but faced the future with radically new artistic ideals and commitments. More than ever before, American poetry spoke with its own distinctive accents and declared its own dreams and desires. This is the era of confessionalism, beat poetry, protest poetry, and avant-garde postmodernism. This book explores the work of John Berryman, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Adrienne Rich, and Sylvia Plath, as well as contemporary African American poets and new poetic voices emerging in the 21st century. This New Casebook introduces the major American poets of the post-war generation, evaluates their achievements in the light of changing critical opinion, and offers lively, incisive readings of some of the most challenging and enthralling poetry of the modern era.

Author Biography

Eleanor Spencer teaches in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, where she is also Vice-Principal and Senior Tutor at St Chad's College. She was previously a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, USA.