British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s
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British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s by Gary Day
This collection looks at the developments in British poetry from the Movement until the present. The introduction not only provides a context for these changes but also argues that poetry criticism has been debilitated by the quest for political respectability, a trend which can only be reversed by reconsidering the idea of tradition. The essays themselves focus on general themes or individual authors. Written in a clear and informed manner, they provoke the reader into a fresh awareness of the nature of poetry and its relation to society.
BRIAN DOCHERTY is a Tutor in Literature for Birbeck College Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in London. He is co-editor of Nineteenth-Century Suspense: Form Poe to Conan Doyle, editor of American Crime Fiction: Studies in the Genre, American Horror Fiction: From Brockden Brown to Stephen King, Twentieth-Century American Drama, Twentieth-Century European Drama, American Modernist Poetry, Twentieth-Century British Poetry, 1900-50, Twentieth-Century British Poetry, 1950-90, and The Beat Generation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333532812 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333532813 |
| Title | British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s |
| Author | Gary Day |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 1997-04-22 |
| Number of pages | 284 |
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