A History of Modern Poetry by David Perkins
Perkins discusses some 160 poets, mentioning many others more briefly, and does not hesitate to explain, to criticize, to admire, to render judgments. He clarifies the complex interrelations of individuals, groups, and movements and the contextsaesthetic, social, historical, and politicalin which the poets worked.
[Perkins] is generous, sympathetic, sensitive, inquisitive, and has a goodly streak of common senseThese are the virtues one hopes for in a literary historian… Clearly Perkins has a talent for getting under the skins of different styles and into the heads of people who lived in the recent past. -- Stuart Klawans * The Nation *
The scope of…inclusion is certainly impressive, with attention given to black and woman writers and to a broader range of British writing than might have been expected from an American critic: there can be few readers who will not find ways into new poetic territory from this enthusiastically written book. -- David Norbrook * London Review of Books *
The author moves deftly between text and context, offering both panorama and portrait, and the dimensions of his extremely rich study can only be suggested here… It is amazing to observe the freshness and sensitivity with which Perkins approaches each poet… His opinions are strong and expressed with authority yet modesty… A landmark study. -- Beth Bjorklund * World Literature Today *
This is clearly the most important history of 20th-century poetry to appear. It is difficult to imagine a better book. Perkins’s work will surely be the standard history by which all future assessments will have to be judged. * Choice *
The scope of…inclusion is certainly impressive, with attention given to black and woman writers and to a broader range of British writing than might have been expected from an American critic: there can be few readers who will not find ways into new poetic territory from this enthusiastically written book. -- David Norbrook * London Review of Books *
The author moves deftly between text and context, offering both panorama and portrait, and the dimensions of his extremely rich study can only be suggested here… It is amazing to observe the freshness and sensitivity with which Perkins approaches each poet… His opinions are strong and expressed with authority yet modesty… A landmark study. -- Beth Bjorklund * World Literature Today *
This is clearly the most important history of 20th-century poetry to appear. It is difficult to imagine a better book. Perkins’s work will surely be the standard history by which all future assessments will have to be judged. * Choice *
David Perkins is John P. Marquand Professor of English Literature, Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674399471 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674399471 |
| Title | A History of Modern Poetry |
| Author | Perkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 712 |
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