Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Paperback - 2004)

'Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry. The guide is designed to help students familiarize themselves with this period in literature, and features:
• An exploration of the material, historical, and social contexts in which twentieth-century poetry was produced, covering literary centers, little magazines. the Harlem a., Renaissance, 1960s counterculture, and multiculturalism, among other issues.
• A biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging Or from Wien Frost and Langston Hughes to Adrienne Rich and Rita Dove. Both poets who had an impact on the development of poet, during the twentieth century and prominent contemporary poets are represented.
• A section on key texts, considering major works such as The Waste Land, The Bridge. Norf. South. and Ariel.
• A final section drawing out pertinent themes, such as poetry and war, the relation 1 of poetry to other arts, and the role of anothologies in canon formation at the end of the century.

Christopher MacGowan is Professor of English at the College of William and Mary. He has published numerous essays on twentieth-century American writers, is the editor and co-editor of three volumes of poetry by William Carl. Williams, and the editor of the correspondence between Williams and Denise Levertov. Licensed for sale in India. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka only. Sale and purchase of this edition outside these territories is unauthorised by the publishers.