English poetry since 1940 / Neil Corcoran
1993, 1st edition. London, New York : Longman. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked, cover slightly scratched. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #398686
ISBN: 0582003229
Physical description; 308 pages. Contents; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Editors' Preface; Longman Literature in English Series; Author's Preface; Dedication; PART ONE: (DIS)CONTINUITIES AND (DIS)PLACEMENTS AFTER MODERNISM; Introduction; 1 Eliot or Auden; 2 Varieties of Parable; 3 A Modernism in Place; PART TWO: FROM THE FORTIES; 4 A New Romanticism; 5 The Poetry of a Second War; 6 Two Solitudes; PART THREE: FROM THE FIFTIES; Introduction; 7 A Movement Pursued; 8 Movements; 9 Negotiations; PART FOUR: FROM THE SIXTIES; Introduction; 10 Some English Attitudes. 11 Barbarians and Rhubarbarians12 Varieties of Neo-Modernism; 13 The Poetry of Northern Ireland; PART FIVE: SINCE 1970; Introduction: Towards the Postmodern?; 14 In Ireland or Someplace: A Second Generation From Northern Ireland; 15 A Pen Mislaid: Some Varieties of Women's Poetry; 16 Grammars of Civilization?; 17 Hiding in Fictions: Some New Narrative Poems; Chronology; General Bibliographies; (i) Critical works; (ii) Bibliographies and reference books; (iii) Literary, historical, political and cultural contexts; (iv) Anthologies; Individual Authors. Notes on biography, major works and suggested further reading. Index. Subjects; 1900-1999. English poetry 20th century History and criticism. English poetry 1945- History and criticism. English poetry 1900- History and criticism. English poetry. English poetry. Poetry. English Literature. 20th Century.
Price: €48.95