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.
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ISBN
9781137324474
Publisert
2017
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Vendor
Red Globe Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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