Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Christopher MacGowan - 9780631220251

Twentieth-Century American PoetryAuthor(s): Christopher MacGowan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631220251, 978-0631220251\nSynopsis\nWritten by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth-century American poetry. \n\nA wide-ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth-century American poetry.\nWritten by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams.\nExplores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced.\nIncludes a biographical dictionary of major writers with extended entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich.\nContains a section on key texts considering major works, such as The Waste Land, North & South, Howl and Ariel.\nThe final section draws out key themes, such as American poetry, politics and war, and the proce.